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US11533827B2	Adhesive layered backflow preventer An adhesive layered backflow preventer laminate, for use in impeding airflow from flowing in a backflow direction through the backflow preventer and a corresponding cooling fan, includes a thin front support layer adhered to a thin backflow flap layer, having a plurality of backflow flaps, which is adhered to a thin rear support layer. Each of the structural layers is adhered to the adjacent structural layer using a respective double-sided adhesive layer, by way of a manufacturing process that avoids the use of costly injection molded parts and machined plastic parts and metal components such as springs and hinges.
US11533822B2	Power electronics submodule for mounting on a cooling device A power electronics submodule for mounting on a cooling device, has first and second surface sections next to one another, a substrate with a housing and includes a connection element, conductively connected by a contact to a track of the substrate and a connection section, arranged parallel to the substrate, the substrate arranged on the first surface section, the housing has a housing section, with a first main surface, arranged on the second surface section, and a second main surface, situated opposite the first main surface. In a non-mounted state a first main surface of the connection section is a first distance from the second main surface of the housing section in the housing region of a fastening device.
US11533809B2	Three dimensional printed resistor for downhole applications Aspects of the disclosure relate to apparatus and methods for producing a downhole electrical component, having steps of providing a non-conductive polymer substrate, establishing an active area on the non-conductive polymer substrate, patterning the active area on the non-conductive polymer substrate with a conductive material through an additive manufacturing process and incorporating the patterned non-conductive polymer substrate into a final arrangement.
US11533804B2	Washing machine Provided is a washing machine having a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly. The washing machine includes a cabinet forming an external appearance thereof, a top cover coupled to an upper side of the cabinet, and a PCB assembly provided in the cabinet and configured to control the washing machine, wherein the PCB assemble includes a frame in which a PCB is accommodated and a cover covering the PCB, and the cover includes a heat dissipation path configured to dissipate heat of the PCB and a water inflow preventer configured to prevent water from being introduced into the heat dissipation path.
US11533803B2	Arrangement for heat exchange An arrangement for exchanging heat between two bodies comprises a circuit board, having at least one first via and at least one second via, wherein at least one heat exchange structure is integrated in the circuit board, wherein the at least one heat exchange structure comprises two heat exchange layers and an intermediate layer arranged between the two heat exchange layers, wherein the two heat exchange layers are thermally joined to each other and electrically separated from each other by the intermediate layer, wherein a first heat exchange layer is associated with the first body and can be brought into thermal contact with it and a second heat exchange layer is associated with the second body and can be brought into thermal contact with it, wherein the at least one first via and the at least one second via are each led through the two heat exchange layers and the intermediate layer arranged between the two heat exchange layers, wherein the at least one first via is in contact only with the first heat exchange layer and is insulated from the second heat exchange layer, and wherein the at least one second via is in contact only with the second heat exchange layer and is insulated from the first heat exchange layer.
US11533802B1	Direct-current plasma torch apparatus In an aspect, a direct-current plasma torch apparatus is provided. The plasma torch apparatus includes first and second electrodes and an insulating body, where the electrodes are electrically connected to an external power source to generate an arc discharge between the first and second electrodes. The plasma torch apparatus can be configured as a modular torch apparatus for simple removal and replacement of elements of the plasma torch apparatus. The plasma torch apparatus can also be configured as a cooled plasma torch apparatus to prolong the working life of elements of the plasma torch apparatus.
US11533797B2	Single-fire-wire TRIAC wireless smart dimmer A single-fire-wire TRIAC wireless smart dimmer includes a single-fire-wire input device, a single-fire-wire output device, an AC/DC circuit, a bridge rectifier, a frequency/zero point detection circuit, a chopped-wave dimming circuit, an overload protection circuit, a single chip microcomputer minimum system, an input device, a brightness display circuit, a minimum chopped-wave value setting circuit, a chopped-wave phase selection circuit, and a RF transceiver circuit. A single-fire-wire power taking method is used to maintain the normal operation of the dimmer and overcome the issue of insufficient current for the wireless transmission/receiving operations. The dimmer is capable of automatically distinguishing and adapting an alternating current of 50 HZ or 60 HZ, selecting the phase of a leading edge or trailing edge chop wave, providing better control of compatible power supplies, setting minimum chop wave value, providing overload protection, and displaying brightness percentage.
US11533793B2	Electroluminescent system and process A system and method for producing a conformal electroluminescent coating on an object wherein an electrically conductive base backplane film layer is applied upon a substrate. One or more intermediate layers, such as dielectric, or phosphor film layers, is/are applied upon the conductive backplane film layer. An electrode film layer is applied upon the one or more intermediate layers using a substantially transparent, electrically conductive material. The electroluminescent phosphor is excitable by an electrical field established across the phosphor film layer such that the device emits electroluminescent light upon application of an electrical charge between the conductive backplane film layer and the electrode film layer.
US11533790B2	Induction cooker An induction cooker according to the present disclosure includes a body including a top plate on which a heating target is placed, a frame formed to surround an outer periphery of the top plate, and having a discontinuous portion being electrically discontinuous from other parts of the frame, a heating coil disposed below the top plate, and configured to inductively heat the heating target, a driver circuit configured to supply electric power to the heating coil, a power transfer coil configured to transfer electric power by magnetic resonance, and a power transfer circuit configured to supply electric power to the power transfer coil, and a power receiving device including a power receiving coil configured to receive electric power from the power transfer coil by magnetic resonance, and a load circuit configured to operate by the electric power received by the power receiving coil.
US11533783B2	Multi-zone heater model-based control in semiconductor manufacturing A plurality of heating zones in a substrate support assembly in a chamber is independently controlled. Temperature feedback from a plurality of temperature detectors is provided as a first input to a process control algorithm, which may be a closed-loop algorithm. A second input to the process control algorithm is targeted values of heater temperature for one or more heating zones, as calculated using a model. Targeted values of heater power needed for achieving the targeted values of heater temperature for the one or more heating zones is calculated. Chamber hardware is controlled to match the targeted value of heater temperature that is correlated with the wafer characteristics corresponding to the current optimum values of the one or more process parameters.
US11533782B2	Resistive heater with temperature sensing power pins A heater system includes a plurality of heater cores defining zones, a plurality of power pins extending through each of the heater cores and made of different conductive materials, and at least one jumper connected between two of the plurality of power pins being made of dissimilar materials. The jumper is in communication with a controller to obtain a temperature reading of the heater system proximate the jumper.
US11533775B2	Method and device for data transmission, and computer storage medium Provided are a data transmission method and apparatus and a computer storage medium. The method may include: a source Distributed Unit (DU) reports a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) transmission state report to a source Centralized Unit (CU), where the PDCP transmission state report enables the CU to determine which PDCP protocol data unit (PDU) data is not successfully received by a UE; and the PDCP PDU data which is not successfully received by the UE are retransmitted to the UE via a target DU.
US11533771B2	Communication system, radio-access apparatus, radio communication terminal, and control method therefor A communication system includes a first radio access apparatus, a second radio access apparatus, and a radio terminal that is enabled to simultaneously communicate with the first radio access apparatus and the second radio access apparatus. The communication system acquires service characteristic information that indicates a characteristic of a service provided to the radio terminal and determines a type of a communication path for downlink user data used for provision of the service to the radio terminal, from among a plurality of types of communication paths, based on the service characteristic information.
US11533769B2	Multi-hop data transmission method and apparatus This application provides a multi-hop data transmission method and apparatus, where the method includes: A primary base station obtains route configuration information, where the route configuration information indicates a first data transmission path between a terminal device and a serving gateway, the first data transmission path includes at least two route base stations, and the at least two route base stations include a secondary base station for the terminal device; and the primary base station sends the route configuration information to the at least two route base stations.
US11533764B2	Systems and methods for remotely controlling a surgical instrument of console-based surgical systems A surgical system and a method of operating a surgical system are disclosed herein. The surgical system comprises a surgical console, a control device, and a dongle. The surgical console operates a surgical device and comprises a connection port. The control device communicates with the surgical console to remotely control the surgical device. The dongle physically couples to the connection port of the surgical console. The control device comprises a first communication device and a radio frequency (RF) reader, and the dongle comprises a second communication device and a passive RF device. The RF reader receives the pairing information from the passive RF device in response to the passive RF device being with a threshold proximity of the RF reader. The first and second communication devices wirelessly connect based on the pairing information, enabling the control device to wirelessly communicate with the surgical console to remotely control the surgical device.
US11533757B2	Scrambler initialization for multi-user clear to send transmission This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to scrambler initialization for multi-user (MU) clear to send (CTS) transmission. A first device may identify a MU request to send (RTS) frame received from a second device. The first device may determine an initial state of a scrambler based on the first 7 bits of a service field of the MU-RTS frame. The first device may cause first data to be scrambled, using the initial state of the scrambler, resulting in second data. The first device may cause to send a MU-CTS frame that comprises the second data to the second device.
US11533755B2	Communication apparatus and communication method The communication apparatus comprises a receiver which, in operation, receives a PHY layer Data Unit that includes a duration field; Physical (PHY) layer circuitry which, in operation, issues a PHY-CCA (clear channel assessment) primitive parameter indicating bandwidth information on a busy or idle state for each subchannel within an operating bandwidth; and Media Access Control (MAC) circuitry which, in operation, updates a Network Allocation Vector (NAV) value based on the duration information and, in operation, determines busy/idle state of at least one subchannel, wherein the MAC circuitry, in operation, controls transmission of the HE TB PHY layer Data Unit based on the updated NAV value and the busy/idle state of the at least one subchannel, and controls the PHY circuitry to have the HE TB PHY layer Data Unit transmitted when the at least one subchannel is considered idle, regardless of whether the primary subchannel is busy or not.
US11533723B2	Method and device for signaling information related to TDD slot configuration in NR V2X A method for performing wireless communication by a first device and a device for supporting same are provided. The method may include receiving information related to a time division duplex (TDD) slot configuration, transmitting, to a second device, a sidelink-synchronization signal block (S-SSB), wherein the S-SSB includes a sidelink primary synchronization signal (S-PSS), a sidelink secondary synchronization signal (S-SSS) and a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH), and transmitting, to the second device, a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) based on the information related to the TDD slot configuration. For example, candidate resources to which a bitmap related to a sidelink resource pool is applied are configured based on the information related to the TDD slot configuration. For example, the candidate resources include one or more slots. For example, configuration information related to a sidelink symbol included in each of the one or more slots is received. For example, the configuration information related to the sidelink symbol includes information related to a position of the sidelink symbol. For example, the position of the sidelink symbol is configured to be the same for the candidate resources.
US11533722B2	Method for transmitting sidelink data and terminal device Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method for transmitting sidelink data, a terminal device and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The method includes obtaining, by a terminal device, first configuration information; and obtaining, by the terminal device, second configuration information. The first configuration information is used to indicate to transmit a first sidelink transmission channel on a target transmission resource. The second configuration information is used to transmit a second sidelink transmission channel on the target transmission resource. The method further includes sending, by the terminal device, the first sidelink transmission channel or the second sidelink transmission channel on the target transmission resource according to a preset rule.
US11533721B2	Method and device for receiving downlink signal in wireless communication system A method for receiving a downlink signal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention is performed by a terminal, and may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a base station, a dynamic change configuration into a predetermined transmission scheme related to a short transmission time interval (sTTI)-based downlink operation; when the dynamic change configuration is received, detecting a downlink control information format including a field related to the dynamic change; and when a value of the field indicates the predetermined transmission scheme, receiving a signal on a downlink data channel according to the predetermined transmission scheme.
US11533711B2	Transmission resource selection method, network apparatus, and user equipment A transmission resource selection method, a terminal apparatus, a network apparatus, a chip, a computer readable storage medium, a computer program product, and a computer program are provided. The method includes: sending a duplication-transmission configuration to a UE unit, wherein the UE unit determines whether to perform duplication and/or transmission or not and determines transmission resources to be used to transmit and/or duplicate data according to the duplication-transmission configuration, and the duplication-transmission involves transmitting duplicated data by means of at least two transmission resources.
US11533705B2	Access signal transmission and reception Techniques are described to improve the transmission and reception of access signals such as synchronization signal block (SSB), system information, or paging message. As an example, a wireless communication method is disclosed where a network node, such as a base station, determines a first set of transmission times and/or a second set of transmission times to transmit access signals. The network node transmits the access signals over a wireless channel using the first set of transmission times and/or the second set of transmission times. The access signals can include system information, paging message, or synchronization signal block.
US11533702B1	Group-based positioning design in asynchronous vehicular networks Disclosed are some examples of techniques for positioning of a user equipment (UE) using positioning reference signal (PRS). One or more units of messages may be communicated between an initiator UE and a responder UE. A unit of message may include a pre-PRS message, a PRS message and a post-PRS message. The pre-PRS message and the post-PRS message may be sent or received using a license spectrum. The PRS message may be sent or received using an unlicensed spectrum. The communication between the initiator UE and the responder UE may be initiated by the initiator UE identifying the responder UE from a plurality of UEs based on positioning properties of the responder UE. The positioning properties of the responder UE may include one or more of a direction, a velocity, a location confidence and a location of the responder UE.
US11533701B2	Tripwire-based geolocation system Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a non-transitory computer storage medium, for receiving user-defined routes, each user-defined route including a tripwire of multiple tripwires and a direction, where each user-defined route includes an action of multiple actions executed by a sub-system of a home monitoring system, detecting a first signal at a first tripwire including a first direction, determining a set of user-defined routes including the first tripwire and the first direction, detecting a second signal at a second tripwire including a second direction, determining a particular user-defined route of the set of user-defined routes including the first tripwire and the first direction and the second tripwire and the second direction, determining an action executed by a sub-system of the home monitoring system for the particular user-defined route traversed by a user, and triggering execution of the action based on the second signal at the second tripwire.
US11533687B2	Dynamic switching of power levels in device having different wireless communication circuits A method can include an integrated circuit device, determining if first communication circuits are operating in a first mode that wirelessly receives data at a first rate or a second mode that wirelessly receives data at a second rate that is lower than the first rate. If the first communication circuits are operating in the second mode, transmitting signals with the second communication circuits at a first power level, and if operating in the first mode, transmitting signals with the second communication circuits at a second power level that is lower than the first power level. In the first mode, X symbols per data bit are received and in the second mode, Y symbols per data bit are received, where X
US11533683B2	Advanced graphics power state management Methods and apparatus relating to advanced graphics Power State management are described. In one embodiment, measurement logic detects information about idle transitions and active transitions of a power-well of a processor. In turn, determination logic determines performance loss and/or energy gain based at least in part on the detected information and power-on latency of the power-well of the processor. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US11533681B2	Method for accessing access point by station device, device, and system A method for accessing an access point by a station device, a device, and a system. A station device selects a master access point from multiple access points according to channel quality and accesses the master access point, and sends information about remaining access points to the master access point, so that the master access point selects a slave access point according to the information about the remaining access points.
US11533680B2	Creating a network slice selection policy rule Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for creating a network slice section policy (“NSSP”) rule. One apparatus includes a processor and a transceiver for communicating with a network function in a mobile communication network. The processor receives a first request from the network function, the first request comprising a list of one or more application identifiers and a corresponding application profile and application provider for each application identifier. The processor determines one or more network slice identifiers for each application identifier using the corresponding application profile and application provider. The processor also creates a NSSP rule for each application identifier in the list of application identifiers, the NSSP rule containing the application identifier and the associated one or more network slice identifiers.
US11533668B2	Mobile station and cell-switching control method for the same In a mobile station which communicates with a base station corresponding to a serving cell that is a cell in which the mobile station is located, of a plurality of cells, an acquirer is configured to acquire a situation of movement of the mobile station. A changer is configured to change a criterion used to determine whether to switch a communication destination from a first base station corresponding to the serving cell to a second base station corresponding to an adjacent cell neighboring the serving cell, in response to the situation of movement of the mobile station acquired by the acquirer and a positional relationship between the serving cell and the adjacent cell.
US11533665B2	Method and apparatus for system information acquisition, beam failure recovery and cell reselection The disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. An apparatus, a method and a system for system information acquisition, beam failure recovery, and cell reselection in wireless communication system are provided.
US11533651B2	Transmission control method and device Provided are a transmission control method and device. The method includes that: a Control Plane (CP) network element receives a data transmission feedback message and/or a bearer management message sent by a User Plane (UP) network element, where the bearer management message is determined by the UP network element according to data transmission quality between the UP network element and a Distributed Unit (DU), and the data transmission feedback message is configured to indicate data transmission states of the UP network element and the DU; and a bearer of the UP network element is managed according to the data transmission feedback message and/or the bearer management message.
US11533647B2	Wireless communication method and wireless communications apparatus A wireless communication method and a wireless communications apparatus are provided. Implementation of the method includes: when a first wireless communications apparatus uses a first wireless communication capability to communicate with a second wireless communications apparatus, if the first wireless communications apparatus determines to adjust a wireless communication capability of the first wireless communications apparatus, sending, by the first wireless communications apparatus, first adjustment information to the second wireless communications apparatus, and starting a first timer, where the first adjustment information is used to indicate to adjust the wireless communication capability of the first wireless communications apparatus to a second wireless communication capability. In embodiments of this application, the second wireless communication capability is any one of a plurality of wireless communication capabilities of the first wireless communications apparatus except a maximum wireless communication capability and a minimum wireless communication capability.
US11533645B2	Method and device for transmitting and receiving wireless signal in wireless communication system A method for a terminal to transmit or receive a signal in a wireless communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention can include: monitoring physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates; obtaining downlink control information (DCI) through a PDCCH detected in a first slot as a result of monitoring the PDCCH candidates; and receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) or transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) in a second slot on the basis of the DCI.
US11533639B2	Wedge shaped cells in a wireless communication system Aspects described herein relate to a network for providing air-to-ground wireless communication in various cells. The network includes a first base station array, each base station of which includes a respective first antenna array defining a directional radiation pattern that is oriented in a first direction, wherein each base station of the first base station array is disposed spaced apart from another base station of the first base station array along the first direction by a first distance. The network also includes a similar second base station array where the second base station array extends substantially parallel to the first base station array and is spaced apart from the first base station array by a second distance to form continuous and at least partially overlapping cell coverage areas between respective base stations of the first and second base station arrays.
US11533637B2	High-mobility resource allocation system and method for simulated users A high-mobility resource allocation system and method for simulated users are provided, including a base station, antennas and a simulated mobile-user generator. The simulated mobile-user generator organizes a test field by taking the base station as the circle center, and measures and records multiple channel information based on the detection signals of the antennas. The machine learning module is used to perform simulation channel training according to channel information to generate simulated user channels that approximates real-world scenarios. A mobile-user organizing module organizes multiple simulated mobile users and their mobile channel information in the test field based on the simulated user channel, generates multiple simulated mobile user signals, and uses a resource-allocation optimizing module based on simulated mobile user signals, channel interference information upon moving, etc. to maximize the number of simulated mobile users while considering the quality of service.
US11533634B2	Base station and method for optimizing coverage of self-defined network The disclosure provides a base station and a method for optimizing the coverage of a self-defined network. The method includes: receiving a measurement report from user equipment; in response to determining that the measurement report indicates that a neighboring first base station is present, sending a member tracking message to the first base station; determining whether the first base station belongs to any other base station group based on a member tracking response from the first base station; in response to determining that the first base station does not belong to any other base station group, adding the first base station to a base station group managed by the base station; and in response to determining that the member tracking response indicates that the first base station belongs to another base station group, merging the base station group and the another base station group.
US11533628B2	Allocating wireless channels An apparatus and a method for allocating wireless channels are disclosed. For example, the method, by an aggregator, aggregates sensed information received from a plurality of sensing devices, by an analyzer, analyzes the sensed information that is aggregated and determines when an incumbent is not detected based on the analysis, and allocates, by a channel allocator, a wireless channel of the targeted frequency spectrum to a user equipment when the incumbent is not detected.
US11533621B1	Mobile assesstments for carrier-based blocking of contraband wireless devices Aspects for initial mobile assessments for use in carrier-based blocking of contraband telecommunication devices are disclosed. In one such aspect, a contractor performs an initial assessment at a correctional facility using memory and a rapid deployable network including a controller configured to regulate wireless transmissions from or to the facility. The system systematically gathers information from the facility as to authorized wireless devices. The controller allows wireless transmissions to and from authorized devices to pass between the wireless device and a remote location via the network. Conversely, the controller blocks transmissions to or from unauthorized devices. After the initial assessment and follow-up assessments, the contractor departs the facility and sends the identifying information of the unauthorized devices to at least one database for use in network carrier-level blocking of unauthorized transmissions.
US11533616B2	Secure automated one time zero-touch bootstrapping and provisioning Described herein are techniques for securely configuring a user device to operate on a wireless carrier network. In embodiments, the techniques may comprise receiving a bootstrapping request associated with a user device that includes at least an identifier for the user device, associating a limited use credential, a long-term use credential, and a communication identifier with the identifier for the user device, upon detecting activation of the identifier for the user device, providing, via a first communication channel related to the communication identifier, the limited use credential to the user device, and providing, via a second communication channel different from the first communication channel, the long-term use credential to the user device, the long-term use credential being cryptographically secured using the limited use credential, wherein the limited use credential is overwritten with a decrypted version of the long-term use credential.
US11533598B2	Methods and apparatus to establish secure low energy wireless communications in a process control system Methods and apparatus to establish secure low energy wireless communications in a process control system are disclosed. An example field device includes a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) interface to receive a first initialization message from a remote device over an unpaired BLE connection. The first initialization message includes a plaintext message containing authentication content. The authentication content is generated based on a private authentication token available to the remote device using middleware. The field device also includes a BLE message analyzer to validate the plaintext message based on the authentication content using the authentication token stored by the field device.
US11533593B2	System method and computer-accessible medium for blockchain-based distributed ledger for analyzing and tracking environmental targets An exemplary multi-robot system can include, for example, a first robot(s), which can include a communication arrangement and a sensor arrangement configured to detect a presence of an object(s) within a predetermined distance from the first robot(s), and determine a distance from the first robot(s) to the object(s), where the first robot(s) can broadcast a query to the object(s) using the communication arrangement, identify the object(s) as a second robot(s) or a non-robot based on a response received from the object(s). The sensor arrangement can be a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensor arrangement. The LiDAR sensor arrangement can be a two-dimensional LiDAR sensor arrangement.
US11533585B2	Social media systems and methods and mobile devices therefor Methods, systems, and mobile devices for providing users with social media-related information about other users based on the relative geographic locations of the users.
US11533578B2	Virtual environment audio stream delivery At a collaboration computing device, a method for selecting a subset of audio streams for delivery to a client device includes receiving a plurality of audio streams from a plurality of source devices, each source device associated with a different spatial position within a virtual environment. For each audio stream, the collaboration computing device determines a source audio energy value and computes a client-centric audio energy value by modifying the source audio energy value using a corresponding source attenuation value associated with the source device that transmitted the audio stream. The collaboration computing device generates a source prioritization list by sorting the plurality of source devices by their client-centric audio energy values. A subset of the audio streams are selected and delivered to the client device.
US11533576B2	Method and system for limiting spatial interference fluctuations between audio signals A method for generating sound within a predetermined environment, the method comprising: emitting a first audio signal from a first location; and concurrently emitting a second audio signal from a second location, wherein: the first location and second location are distinct within the environment; the first audio signal and second audio signal have the same frequency; and the first audio signal and second audio signal have a phase difference that varies as a function of time to limit the time-averaged interference fluctuation across the environment.
US11533572B2	Systems and methods for suppressing sound leakage A speaker comprises a housing, a transducer residing inside the housing, and at least one sound guiding hole located on the housing. The transducer generates vibrations. The vibrations produce a sound wave inside the housing and cause a leaked sound wave spreading outside the housing from a portion of the housing. The at least one sound guiding hole guides the sound wave inside the housing through the at least one sound guiding hole to an outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interferes with the leaked sound wave in a target region. The interference at a specific frequency relates to a distance between the at least one sound guiding hole and the portion of the housing.
US11533571B2	Systems and methods for suppressing sound leakage A speaker comprises a housing, a transducer residing inside the housing, and at least one sound guiding hole located on the housing. The transducer generates vibrations. The vibrations produce a sound wave inside the housing and cause a leaked sound wave spreading outside the housing from a portion of the housing. The at least one sound guiding hole guides the sound wave inside the housing through the at least one sound guiding hole to an outside of the housing. The guided sound wave interferes with the leaked sound wave in a target region. The interference at a specific frequency relates to a distance between the at least one sound guiding hole and the portion of the housing.
US11533568B1	Structure-borne sound and vibration sensor In at least one embodiment, a sound and vibration sensor is provided. The sound and vibration sensor includes a housing, a piezo-diaphragm, and a flexible support plate. The piezo-diaphragm is positioned in the housing to detect an input signal including audio or vibrations. The flexible support plate receives the piezo-diaphragm to enable the sensor to exhibit a frequency response with a plurality of resonant frequencies in response to detecting the audio or the vibrations on the input signal.
US11533567B2	Method of making a piezoelectric MEMS microphone A piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems microphone can be mounted on a printed circuit board. The microphone can include a substrate with an opening between a bottom end of the substrate and a top end of the substrate. The microphone can include a single piezoelectric film layer disposed over the top end of the substrate and defining a diaphragm structure, the single piezoelectric film layer being substantially flat with substantially zero residual stress and formed from a piezoelectric wafer. The microphone can include one or more electrodes disposed over the diaphragm structure. The diaphragm structure is configured to deflect when subjected to sound pressure via the opening in the substrate.
US11533565B2	Dual back-plate and diaphragm microphone A MEMS microphone includes a substrate having an opening, a first diaphragm, a first backplate, a second diaphragm, and a backplate. The first diaphragm faces the opening in the substrate. The first backplate includes multiple accommodating-openings and it is spaced apart from the first diaphragm. The second diaphragm joints the first diaphragm together at multiple locations by pillars passing through the accommodating-openings in the first backplate. The first backplate is located between the first diaphragm and the second diaphragm. The second backplate includes at least one vent hole and it is spaced apart from the second diaphragm. The second diaphragm is located between the first backplate and the second backplate.
US11533564B2	Headphone ear cushion attachment mechanism and methods for using Systems and methods for securing a headphone ear cushion to a headphone earcup on a headphone are described. One embodiment includes orienting an ear cushion proximate to, but not touching, an earcup of a headphone, where the ear cushion includes an attachment ring, the earcup including an attachment receiving interface, aligning a first slot in the attachment ring with a first inward-facing hook on the attachment receiving interface, aligning a first notch with a first outward-facing hook and a second notch with a second outward-facing hook, pressing the attachment ring against the attachment receiving interface such that the first inward-facing hook passes through the first slot, the first outward-facing hook passes through the first notch, and the second outward-facing hook passes through the second notch, and sliding the first elliptical ring relative to the second elliptical ring.
US11533558B2	Acoustic transducer and driving method thereof An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for driving an acoustic transducer, including: obtaining a reference electrical signal according to a first electrical signal output by a first acoustic transducer element in a case where sound waves are not received by the first acoustic transducer element; obtaining an actual detected electrical signal according to a second electrical signal output by a second acoustic transducer element in a case where sound waves are received by the second acoustic transducer element; and performing a noise reduction process on the actual detected electrical signal according to the reference electrical signal to obtain a noise-reduced signal as a final output electrical signal of the second acoustic transducer element in a case where sound waves are received by the second acoustic transducer element. An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides an acoustic transducer.
US11533557B2	Ride vehicle with directional speakers and haptic devices Systems and methods are disclosed that provide directional speakers and haptic devices for each guest of a ride vehicle. A controller may receive a vehicle location, seat location data, input audio data, and input haptic data. The seat location data may include a guest's seat location in the ride vehicle and/or the guest's preferences (e.g., a preferred language, volume preferences, or content rating preference). The controller may generate different audio output signals corresponding to different guests based on the input audio data, the vehicle location, and/or the seat location data, and generate different haptic output signals corresponding to different guests based on the input haptic data, the vehicle location, and/or the seat location data. The controller may then instruct directional speaker directed at the seat locations of the different guests to output the different audio output signals and instruct haptic devices directed at the seat locations to output the different haptic output signals.
US11533539B2	Methods and systems for dynamic content modification An example method can comprise receiving content for presentation at a user device. The content can comprise a plurality of sections, and each section can comprise a video portion and an audio portion. The user device can also receive content metadata regarding one or more features of the content, where the features of the content comprise one or more candidate sections of the content for modification. The user device can apply one or more rules to the received content based on the content metadata to modify one or more of the audio portion and the video portion of at least one section of the content, creating modified content, and can cause presentation of the modified content on a display device.
US11533528B2	Dynamic scheduling of content Systems and methods are provided for recommending and dynamically scheduling content. A time when a request to consume a content item is likely to be received is identified and an identifier of the content item is displayed on a device. Prior to the identified time, an option to consume, at the identified time, the content item is also displayed on the device. In response to the option being selected, the device stops displaying the identifier of the content item until the identified time.
US11533526B2	Adaptive video slew rate for video delivery Systems and methods for adaptively adjusting a slew rate of a dejitter buffer in a remote device in a distributed access architecture. The slew rate may be adjusted based on measurements of a fullness state of a buffer made over time. The measurements may be used to calculate a frequency offset value between the rate at which data leaves the buffer relative to the rate at which data enters the buffer and/or used to calculate a current working depth of the buffer. The adaptive slew rate adjustments may be based on the frequency offset value and/or the current working depth.
US11533523B2	Interconnected system for high-quality wireless transmission of audio and video between electronic consumer devices The proposed solution aims to describe the functionality, interconnection and application fields of a system that allows the transmission of audio and video between sending and receiving devices, wirelessly to a decoding and playback terminal, eliminating physical cables, their characteristics could vary from model to model and from manufacturer to manufacturer, due to the immense variety of work methods, assembly, hardware, software and the like that could be included or eliminated in order to achieve a stable, synchronous transmission, with minimal losses and that enable the interconnection of as many equipment as necessary.
US11533521B2	Scheduling multiple-layer video segments A streaming device may request and download multi-layer video segments based on a number of factors including the artistic interest associated with the video segments and/or the status of a buffer area managed by the streaming device. The multi-layer segments may be coded using scalable coding techniques or a combination of scalable coding and simulcast coding techniques by which each of the video segments may be coded into one or more representations of different qualities and/or bitrates. When requesting the multi-layer segments, the streaming device may ensure that the fullness of the buffer area falls between a buffer underflow threshold and a backfilling threshold under various network conditions. The streaming device may estimate the available network bandwidth in order to facilitate the scheduling decisions. The streaming device may consider the artistic interest associated with the video segments during scheduling and may give priority to those segments with higher artistic interest.
US11533519B2	Systems and methods for modifying date-related references of a media asset to reflect absolute dates A media asset may include date-related information. When viewed out of context it may be unclear what date is referenced by the date-related information. The media asset may be parsed to identify the date-related information within the media asset. The media asset may be analyzed to determine the context for the date related information. An absolute date may be determined based on this context and the date-related information and provided to the user with the media asset.
US11533507B2	Mapping restriction for intra-block copy virtual buffer A method for video processing includes determining, for a conversion between a current video block of a video picture of a video and a bitstream of the video, a number of reference samples in a virtual buffer comprising reference samples derived from the video picture based on a rule, wherein the rule specifies that a maximum number of available reference samples in the virtual buffer is less than a size of the virtual buffer; and performing the conversion based on the determining, wherein the current video block is coded in a prediction mode in which prediction samples are derived from blocks of the available reference samples in the virtual buffer based on a block vector.
US11533504B2	Systems and methods for player input motion compensation by anticipating motion vectors and/or caching repetitive motion vectors Systems and methods for reducing latency through motion estimation and compensation techniques are disclosed. The systems and methods include a client device that uses transmitted lookup tables from a remote server to match user input to motion vectors, and tag and sum those motion vectors. When a remote server transmits encoded video frames to the client, the client decodes those video frames and applies the summed motion vectors to the decoded frames to estimate motion in those frames. In certain embodiments, the systems and methods generate motion vectors at a server based on predetermined criteria and transmit the generated motion vectors and one or more invalidators to a client, which caches those motion vectors and invalidators. The server instructs the client to receive input from a user, and use that input to match to cached motion vectors or invalidators. Based on that comparison, the client then applies the matched motion vectors or invalidators to effect motion compensation in a graphic interface. In other embodiments, the systems and methods cache repetitive motion vectors at a server, which transmits a previously generated motion vector library to a client. The client stores the motion vector library, and monitors for user input data. The server instructs the client to calculate a motion estimate from the input data and instructs the client to update the stored motion vector library based on the input data, so that the client applies the stored motion vector library to initiate motion in a graphic interface prior to receiving actual motion vector data from the server. In this manner, latency in video data streams is reduced.
US11533503B2	Video coding using intra block copy A method for decoding encoded blocks of pixels from an encoded video bit stream is provided that includes decoding a block vector corresponding to an encoded block of pixels from the encoded bit stream, verifying that the block vector indicates a block of reconstructed pixels in a search area including reconstructed pixels of a largest coding unit (LCU) including the encoded block of pixels and N left neighboring reconstructed LCUs of the LCU, and decoding the encoded block of pixels, wherein the block of reconstructed pixels is used as a predictor for the encoded block of pixels.
US11533500B2	Image decoding method and device therefor An image decoding method performed by a decoding device, according to the present document, comprises the steps of: obtaining image information; and generating a reconstructed picture on the basis of the image information.
US11533493B2	Method of adding encoded range-of-interest location, type, and adjustable quantization parameters per macroblock to video stream A video encoding method is provided in the present invention. The method includes: determining a range of interest ROI in an ith frame, wherein the ROI comprises at least one ROI macroblock; extracting characteristic information of the at least one ROI macroblock, wherein the characteristic information comprises location information and type information of the at least one ROI macroblock; determining a quantization parameter QP corresponding to each of the at least one ROI macroblock; encoding the characteristic information of the at least one ROI macroblock according to the determined QP corresponding to each ROI macroblock, to obtain an ROI characteristic stream of the ith frame; and adding, to a video stream of the ith frame, the QP corresponding to each ROI macroblock and the ROI characteristic stream of the ith frame, to perform sending, wherein the video stream of the ith frame is obtained by encoding the ROI and a non-ROI comprised in the ith frame.
US11533490B2	Reducing overhead for multiple-hypothesis temporal prediction A method is provided for inter-coding video in which transmission bandwidth requirements associated with second motion vectors for bi-directional temporal prediction is reduced. In the method, vector information for one of motion vectors for multi-directional temporal prediction can be transmitted together with information on how to derive or construct the second motion vectors. Thus, rather than sending express information regarding each of the plurality of motion vectors, express information related to only one motion vector along with information related to reconstruction/derivation of the second motion vectors is transmitted, thus reducing bandwidth requirements and increasing coding efficiency.
US11533489B2	Reprojecting holographic video to enhance streaming bandwidth/quality Improved video compression and video streaming systems and methods are disclosed for environments where camera motion is common, such as cameras incorporated into head-mounted displays. This is accomplished by combining a 3D representation of the shape of the user's environment (walls, floor, ceiling, furniture, etc.), image data, and data representative of changes in the location and orientation (pose) of the camera between successive image frames, thereby reducing data bandwidth needed to send streaming video in the presence of camera motion.
US11533488B2	Image coding method, image decoding method, image coding apparatus, image decoding apparatus, and image coding and decoding apparatus An image coding method includes: writing, into a sequence parameter set, buffer description defining information for defining a plurality of buffer descriptions; writing, into the sequence parameter set, reference list description defining information for defining a plurality of reference list descriptions corresponding to the buffer descriptions; and writing, into a first header of each processing unit which is included in a coded bitstream, buffer description selecting information for specifying a selected buffer description.
US11533476B2	Image encoding/decoding method and apparatus using IBC, and method for transmitting bitstream An image encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. An image decoding method performed by an image decoding apparatus may include determining whether to parse first information specifying whether a skip mode applies to a current block, determining whether to parse second information specifying whether an IBC (Intra Block Copy) mode applies to the current block, determining whether the IBC mode applies to the current block based on the first information and the second information, and deriving a prediction block of the current block based on whether to apply the IBC mode. Whether to parse the first information may be determined based on at least one of a width or height of the current block.
US11533474B2	Video coding using reference picture resampling supporting region of interest Methods, systems, and bitstream syntax are described for canvas size, single layer or multi-layer, scalable decoding, with support for regions of interest (ROI), using a decoder supporting reference picture resampling. Offset parameters for a region of interest in a current picture and offset parameters for an ROI in a reference picture are taken into consideration when computing scaling factors to apply reference picture resampling. Syntax elements for supporting ROI regions under reference picture resampling are also presented.
US11533469B2	Panoramic video picture quality display method and device The present application provides a panoramic video picture quality display method and device. Attention position information of a user at different time points in a preset period of time is obtained, the attention position information includes a picture horizontal angle; an attention information curve is created in a polar coordinate system, the attention information curve takes the time point as a polar radius and the picture horizontal angle obtained at the time point as a polar angle; and a picture quality parameter can also be obtained and the picture quality parameter is marked on the attention information curve to display the picture quality parameter.
US11533465B2	Visualization system for visualizing of a three-dimensional target region of an object A system for visualizing a three-dimensional target area of an object with a measuring device which determines a distance of a surgical instrument in a target area with respect to a predetermined structure in the target area, a display unit for representing the views, and a control unit. The control unit controls the display unit such that the display unit is in a first display mode when a determined distance is greater than a predetermined first limit value, and switches from the first display mode into a second display mode when the determined distance changes from being greater than a predetermined second limit value, which is smaller than or equal to the predetermined first limit value, to smaller than the predetermined second limit value.
US11533461B2	Information processing apparatus with a light that illuminates more actively while capturing a printed image when embedded additional information is to be processed, information processing system, information processing method, and storage medium An image capturing unit captures an image including an embedded image that is printed on the basis of image data in which at least a color component has been modulated according to additional information. An adjustment unit adjusts a white balance of the image captured by the image capturing unit on the basis of an adjustment value associated with the embedded image. A processing unit processes image data of the image captured by the image capturing unit whose white balance has been adjusted by the adjustment unit to read the additional information in the image captured by the image capturing unit.
US11533459B2	Projector and brightness adjusting method A projector and a brightness adjusting method are provided. The projector includes a distance sensor configured to detect a distance between the projector and a projection plane, a light source configured to provide an illumination beam, a brightness controlling circuit configured to control the light source, and a processor coupled to the distance sensor, the light source, and the brightness controlling circuit. The processor calculates according to the distance to obtain an image size of a projected image on the projection plane. The processor obtains a current value corresponding to the image size according to a color table. The processor instructs the light source to adjust a luminous flux of the illumination beam according to the current value for generating a target brightness value of the projected image. When a brightness of the projected image is excessively large, a brightness of an image beam of the projector is automatically reduced.
US11533449B2	Photographing device having two output interfaces There is provided a photographing device having two output interfaces that respectively used to output a first image frame and a second image frame. The first image frame is provided to a processor of the photographing device to perform the feature extraction and tag the second image frame accordingly. The tagged second image frame is for the image recording of an external back end.
US11533448B2	Pixel readout circuit and a method for imaging A pixel readout circuit and a technique for imaging are disclosed. The circuit includes: an array of pixel integration circuits, each adapted for receiving an electric signal indicative of photocurrent of light sensitive pixel of a pixel matrix, integrate the electric signal over a frame period, and output the integrated signal at an imaging frame rate being one over the period; and an array of pixel derivation circuits, each includes a signal preprocessing channel for receiving a total electric signal indicative of at least a component of the photocurrent(s) of a cluster of respective light sensitive pixel(s); and a comparison unit adapted to analyze the total electric signal to determine digital data indicative of a change in the total electric signal relative to one or more thresholds; and a digital output utility adapted to readout of the digital data at a second rate different than the frame rate.
US11533446B2	Image sensor and photographing apparatus including the same An image sensor may include: a pixel array including a plurality of pixels; and a timing controller configured to control the pixel array according to an operation mode of the pixel array. The operation mode may be any one of a first mode in which the plurality of pixels operate according to a global shutter method and a second mode in which the plurality of pixels operate according to a dual conversion gain method.
US11533441B2	Systems and methods for three-hundred sixty degree inspection of an object In one embodiment, a system for inspecting an object comprises a first camera for inspecting a first surface of the object, and a second camera for inspecting a second surface of the object. The object may be placed upon a support structure during simultaneous inspection by the first camera and the second camera. At least one roller is arranged to selectively engage the object when the object is placed upon the support structure, wherein the at least one roller is adapted for circumferential rotation relative to the support structure. Rotation of the at least one roller causes a corresponding circumferential rotation of the object relative to the first and second cameras.
US11533437B2	Imaging element, imaging apparatus, image data processing method, and program that performs imaging in a first frame rate and outputs data in a second frame rate An imaging element includes: a memory that stores captured image data obtained by imaging a subject at a first frame rate; an image processing circuit that performs processing on the captured image data; and an output circuit that outputs output image data obtained by performing the processing on the captured image data to an exterior of the imaging element at a second frame rate, wherein the image processing circuit performs cut-out processing with respect to one frame of the captured image data, the cut-out processing including cutting out partial image data indicating an image of a part of the subject in the captured image data from a designated address in the memory, the output image data includes image data based on the partial image data that is cut out from the captured image data, and the first frame rate is a frame rate higher than the second frame rate.
US11533435B2	Multifunctional camera system for video assisted thoracic surgery A multifunctional camera system having a bendable arm configured to be inserted into the thoracic cavity of a patient and camera head at a distal end of the bendable arm. The camera head has a high definition video camera and a light source. The camera head has a view adjustment mechanism for changing a view angle of the camera without changing the position of the camera head. A controller controls the view adjustment mechanism under command of a surgeon.
US11533431B2	Method and device for generating a panoramic image A method for generating a panoramic image is disclosed. The method includes receiving a three-dimensional model of a target space and an initial panoramic image of the target space, the initial panoramic image having a latitude span less than a preset latitude span; determining a first set of coordinate parameters of a camera associated with the initial panoramic image and with respect to a reference frame associated with the three-dimensional model; mapping, based on the first set of coordinate parameters of the camera, data points of the three-dimensional model to a camera coordinate system associated with the camera to obtain an intermediate panoramic image; and obtaining a final panoramic image by merging the initial panoramic image and the intermediate panoramic image, the final panoramic image having a latitude span greater than or equal to the preset latitude span.
US11533426B2	Waterproof shot and zoom button An image capture device including a housing that defines a cavity and a user interface that covers the cavity and has interior and exterior surfaces. The user interface includes an actuation portion that is positioned on the exterior surface and receives an input command from a user. The user interface includes a protrusion that extends from the interior surface and actuates an imaging feature of the image capture device when an input command is received at the actuation portion. The actuation portion and the protrusion in combination prevent premature activation of the input command from hydrostatic pressure.
US11533417B2	Laser scanning and tool tracking imaging in a light deficient environment Systems, methods, and devices for laser scanning in a light deficient environment. A system includes an emitter for emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation and an image sensor comprising a pixel array for sensing reflected electromagnetic radiation. The system includes a controller comprising a processor in electrical communication with the image sensor and the emitter, wherein the controller synchronizes timing of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation during a blanking period of the image sensor. The system is such that at least a portion of the pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter comprises a laser scanning pattern.
US11533407B2	Service provision system and non-transitory computer readable medium providing services to user carrying transmitter A service provision system includes an extraction unit that extracts an associated service corresponding to a user of a service provision apparatus from plural services of the service provision apparatus, a storage control unit that stores, in a storage unit, identification information for identifying a transmitter which is carried by the user and which transmits a wireless signal and information regarding the associated service while associating the identification information and the information regarding the associated service with each other, an obtaining unit that obtains the identification information included in the wireless signal transmitted without requiring the user to perform an operation, and a display control unit that receives, from the storage control unit, the associated service corresponding to the identification information obtained by the obtaining unit and that displays the associated service on a display unit of the service provision apparatus.
US11533403B2	Process executing system, information processing system, information processing method, and recording medium for detecting duplicate image data from a same output material A process executing system for receiving image data of an output material from an apparatus and processing the output material, the process executing system comprising a communicator and a duplicate detector. The communicator is configured to transmit, in response to a request from the apparatus, to the apparatus, output data of the output material including identification information of the output material, and is configured to receive image data generated by reading the output material by the apparatus, the output material being the output data printed by the apparatus. The duplicate detector is configured to detect a generation of the image data from a same output material as the output material, based on the identification information of the output material attached in the image data received by the communicator.
US11533399B1	Global bridge out dial An example home bridge may perform receiving an out dial call from a user, parsing a call number to determine a country code, querying a bridge location database to determine a closest designated bridge to a country associated with the country code, providing to the designated bridge out dial data for the call, and lending the out dial call at the designated bridge.
US11533398B2	System and method for optimizing agent time A method and system automatically optimizes agent time. The method performed by a transferring device includes monitoring a communication session between an agent device used by an agent of the contact center and a user device used by a user. The communication session including first communications generated by the agent and second communications generated by the user. The method includes determining when the communication session is to be transferred from the agent device to an automated system of the contact center. The automated system is configured to perform the communication session by generating third communications for the second communications. The method includes generating a control signal upon determining the communication session is to be transferred that is configured to automatically transfer the communications session from the agent device to the automated system.
US11533397B1	On-hold experience Technology for placing a user on-hold can include sending a push notification to a user device after the call has been placed on-hold. A link in the push notification can request authentication credentials from the user. When the authentication credentials have been received and verified, a chat window can be launched via an application on the user device. The intent of the call can be determined based at least in part by information received via the chat window. The authentication information and the intent of the call can be transferred to a representative answering the call.
US11533395B2	Method and system for controlling a mobile communication device Disclosed herein is a method and system for detecting, monitoring and/or controlling one or more of mobile services for a mobile communication device (also referred to herein as a Controllable Mobile Device or CMD), and in particular, when the device is being used and the vehicle, operated by the user of the device, is moving. The present method and system determines whether the vehicle is being operated by a user that may also have access to a mobile communication device which, if used concurrently while the vehicle is in operation, may lead to unsafe operation of the vehicle. If the mobile services control system determines that a vehicle operator has potentially unsafe access to a mobile communication device, the mobile services control system may restrict operator access to one or more services that would otherwise be available to the operator via the mobile communication device.
US11533392B1	Solid-state illumination system for compact microscopy Provided is a solid-state illumination system for use in a microscopy system utilizing a light sensor of a mobile phone camera module. The system includes a bright-field illumination source with an array of light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The array of LEDs is configured to produce transmission light within a range of view of the light sensor of the mobile phone camera module. The system also includes a dark-field illumination source including a ring of LEDs. The ring of LEDs is configured to produce light outside of the range of collection of the camera module lens. The system also includes a diffuser configured to diffuse the transmission light and a diffusive black material coupled to the diffuser. The diffusive black material is configured to pass through at least some of the transmission light while blocking reflections of the scattering light.
US11533391B2	State replication, allocation and failover in stream processing The disclosed embodiments provide a system for managing a stream-processing application. During operation, the system allocates a first host for an active instance of the stream-processing application that maintains a state during processing of one or more input streams. Next, the system allocates a second host for a first backup instance that recreates the state on the active instance by consuming changes to the state replicated from the active instance without consuming the input stream(s). During a failure on the first host, the system moves the active instance to the first host by stopping the first backup instance on the second host. Finally, the system launches the active instance on the second host to resume processing of the input stream(s) by the active instance using the recreated state from the first backup instance.
US11533361B2	Cloud queue tombstone Example techniques relate to cloud queue tombstones. An example implementation may involve a computing system receiving instructions to remove a particular media item from a playback queue. Based on the instructions, the computing system removes the particular media item from the playback queue and adds, to the playback queue, a tombstone indicator indicating that the particular media item has been removed from the playback queue. The computing system receives, from the media playback system, a request for a window of one or more media items from the playback queue. Based on the request, the computing system sends, to the media playback system, data representing a particular window of media items from the playback queue, wherein the particular window includes the tombstone indicator. The computing system detects a given tombstone removal trigger from among multiple tombstone removal triggers and based on the detecting, removes the tombstone indicator from the playback queue.
US11533352B2	Manifest file configuration with direct selection of video segment file servers Techniques for serving a manifest file of an adaptive streaming video include receiving a request for the manifest file from a user device. The video is encoded at different reference bitrates and each encoded reference bitrate is divided into segments to generate video segment files. The manifest file includes an ordered list of universal resource locators (URLs) that reference a set of video segment files encoded at a particular reference bitrate. A source manifest file that indicates the set of video segment files is identified based on the request. An issued manifest file that includes a first URL and a second URL is generated based on the source manifest file. The first URL references a first domain and the second URL references a second domain that is different from the first domain. The issued manifest file is transmitted to the user device as a response to the request.
US11533350B2	Method and apparatus for encoding and transmitting at least a spatial part of a video sequence When encoding and transmitting video data comprising regions of interest, different usages of the regions of interest implicate different kinds of combination of region of interest at decoding. By studying the different impacts of the encoding mechanisms depending on other set of tiles data on the different kind of combination, it is possible to define a plurality of tile set coding dependency levels. Each tile set coding dependency level is linked to a set of constraints on encoding. These set of constraints have different impacts on the possibilities allowed when combining the different regions of interest. It is therefore possible, based on a desired usage, to select an encoding with minimal restrictions, as defined by a given tile coding dependency level, compatible with the desired usage. Accordingly, the encoding efficiency is improved, for a given usage, compared to a solution where a complete tile independency solution is used.
US11533344B2	Method for establishing a stream, method for providing stream identification information, domain name system (DNS) server, device computer program and computer-readable medium A method for establishing a stream in a Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) network, wherein a request message is sent by a stream subscriber to a Domain Name System (DNS) server, upon which entries are stored that each comprise a stream identifier of a first type assigned to a stream, and a stream identifier of a second type that is different from the first type and is assigned to the respective stream, and the specification of a predefined type exclusively used for, or forms these types of entries, where the request message comprises a stream identifier of the first type and the predefined type known to the at least one stream subscriber, where the stream subscriber receives a response message from the DNS server, which contains a stream identifier of the second type belonging to the stream, and where the stream subscriber logs on to the stream using the stream identifier obtained.
US11533342B1	System and method for monitoring the security configurations of connected devices A system and method for monitoring and modifying the security configurations of multiple devices is disclosed. The method includes monitoring multiple devices for security triggers and taking action in response to the triggers. The triggers include changes in security configurations, known security issues and pending updates. The devices may be any connected devices, including Internet of Things devices.
US11533338B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium storing program In accordance with a security policy regarding a setting value of an information processing apparatus, restriction information indicating whether to restrict modification of the setting value of information processing apparatus stored in a first storage unit is generated and stored in a second storage unit different to the first storage unit. Based on the restriction information stored in the second storage unit, modification of the setting value of the information processing apparatus is restricted.
US11533333B2	Malware infection prediction A computer implemented method of protecting a target subnet, including a set of network connected devices in a hierarchy of subnets of a computer network, from malware attack. The method includes generating a dynamical system for each subnet in the network, each dynamical system modelling a rate of change of a number of network connected devices in the subnet that are: susceptible to infection by the malware; infected by the malware; protected against infection by the malware; and remediated of infection by the malware. The dynamical systems are based on rates of transmission of the malware between pairs of subnets; evaluating a measure of risk of infection of the target subnet at a predetermined point in time based on the dynamical system for the target subnet; and responsive to the measure of risk meeting a predetermined threshold, deploying malware protection measures to devices in the target subnet.
US11533331B2	Software release tracking and logging The present disclosure provides a method, system, and device for securely updating a software release across a network. To illustrate, a server may compile a transaction log that includes information corresponding to one or more nodes in the network to which the software release has been transmitted. The server may analyze one or more files based on vulnerability information to identify at least one file of the one or more files that poses a risk. The server may also identify at least one node of the network at which the at least one file is deployed. Based on identifying the at least one node, the server may transmit a corrective action with respect to the at least one node.
US11533329B2	Methods, systems and computer readable media for threat simulation and threat mitigation recommendations The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer readable media for threat simulation and threat mitigation recommendations. A method for threat simulation and threat mitigation recommendations includes performing a first threat simulation using at least one attack vector, wherein performing the first threat simulation includes generating simulated network traffic associated with the at least one attack vector and sending, via at least one intermediate node, the simulated network traffic to a test agent in a target network, wherein the test agent is configured to simulate at least one protected asset in the target network; determining, using simulated network traffic arrival metrics, at least one threat mitigation recommendation; and providing, via a user interface, the at least one threat mitigation recommendation to a user.
US11533323B2	Computer security system for ingesting and analyzing network traffic This document generally describes computer systems, processes, program products, and devices for the rapid and automated collection, storage, and analysis of network events to provide improved and enhanced security analysis. The system can include an extensible framework for pipelines to process, normalize, and decorate network events created in response to network activity, which can permit the system to readily scale up and down to ingest large volumes and variations in network activity. For example, pipeline can match data in the network events with stored Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) and decorate the network events with the IoCs before the network events are stored and subsequently analyzed.
US11533319B2	Multi-modal access policy enforcement For access policy enforcement, a method restricts access to a decryption key for private data on an electronic device. The private data is encrypted and includes group communications. The method determines an electronic device profile that includes a device time and a device location of the electronic device. The method releases the decryption key in response to the electronic device profile satisfying an access policy. The method decrypts the private data using the decryption key.
US11533312B2	Dynamically enforcing context sensitive network access control policies The present disclosure envisages enforcing micro-segmentation policies on a user computer that intermittently migrates between a secured enterprise network and an unsecured network, for instance, a public network. The present disclosure envisages switching between appropriate micro-segmentation policies, in-line with the change in the current location of the user device, the change triggered by the user device migrating from the enterprise network to an unsecured network or vice-versa. The present disclosure envisages selectively enforcing micro-segmentation policies upon a user device based on the current location thereof, such that the micro-segmentation policies and the corresponding access permissions assigned to the user device differ in line with the current location of the user device, thereby exposing sensitive enterprise resources, forming a part of the enterprise network, in a selective and restricted manner, in line with the micro-segmentation policies enforced upon the user device based primarily on the current location of the user device.
US11533308B2	Systems and methods for supporting unauthenticated post requests through a reverse proxy enabled for authentication Systems and methods for supporting unauthenticated POST requests include a device arranged intermediary to a client and a server which receives an unauthenticated HTTP POST request from the client for the server. The unauthenticated HTTP POST request may include a body. The device may generate one more data objects for the body of the unauthenticated HTTP POST request. The device may transmit a request to cause an authentication of a user to the client. The request may include the data object(s) to be stored on the client. The device may receive an HTTP GET request including the data object(s) from the client responsive to authenticating the user. The device may generate an authenticated HTTP POST request corresponding to the unauthenticated HTTP POST request using the one or more data objects included in the HTTP GET request. The device may transmit the authenticated HTTP POST request to the server.
US11533303B2	Conversation merging for electronic devices Aspects of subject technology provide systems and methods for generation and distribution of a stable identifier associated with multiple aliases of a user account. The stable identifier may be provided to various electronic devices by a server, responsive to requests associated with communications to those devices from one of the associated aliases. In this way, messaging applications can utilize the stable identifier to merge conversations from a single user having multiple aliases, and secure access to a secure device can be provided to an authorized user, even if the authorized user attempts access from an unauthorized account alias.
US11533295B2	Techniques for securely detecting compromises of enterprise end stations utilizing tunnel tokens A method in a cloud network to detect compromises within an enterprise network based on tokens tunneled outside of the enterprise network to the cloud network. The method includes receiving, at a tunnel gateway server within the cloud network, a first set of packets via a tunnel across a public network from a first server within the enterprise network, where the first set of packets were generated responsive to the first server receiving a second set of packets that originated from within the enterprise network and that included data and a source enterprise network address, where the first set of packets does not include the source enterprise network address and the data includes a token. The method further includes transmitting, by the tunnel gateway server, the data within a third set of packets to a second server that acts as if it were an enterprise server within the enterprise network.
US11533293B2	Scoring domains and IPS using domain resolution data to identify malicious domains and IPS Domains and IPs are scored using domain resolution data to identify malicious domains and IPs. A domain and IP resolution graph for a set of domains and IPs in a system. A seed set of known malicious domains and known malicious IPs is selected from a malicious domain and malicious IP database. A graphical probabilistic propagation inference from the domain and IP resolution graph and the seed set of known malicious domains and known malicious IPs is generated. A malicious score is calculated for each domain in the set of domains and each IP in the set of IPs, and the malicious domain and malicious IP database is updated.
US11533291B1	Federated DNS caching Systems and methods are provided for distributing a domain name service (DNS) response cache in a DNS resolving system on a network. The systems and methods described herein may improve response times for client queries and also protect the DNS resolving system from DNS related cyber attacks.
US11533288B1	Using natural language processing to enable communication across messaging platforms A user device may detect a message received via a messaging platform of one or more messaging platforms. The user device may determine that the message is from a second user based on a match between a user identifier associated with the message and a second user identifier corresponding to the messaging platform for the second user. The user device may transmit message data that includes: message content of the message, and information that identifies the messaging platform used to transmit the message. The user device may receive task information that indicates a task type for a task determined from the message content, a task priority for the task, and information that identifies the second user, and information that identifies the messaging platform. The user device may present the task information via a user interface of the cross-platform messaging application executing on the user device.
US11533286B1	Systems and methods for multilevel comment threading Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can be configured to present a comment thread including at least one comment. A selection of the at least one comment presented in the comment thread can be determined. A reply thread based at least in part on the at least one comment can be presented.
US11533285B2	Modifying environmental chat distance based on chat density of an area in a virtual world A mechanism for determining a chat distance associated with an environmental chat based on the chat amount within an area of a virtual universe associated with the environmental chat. An environmental chat distance may be determined based on the number of words or characters in a text chat or voice chat between avatars within the area of the virtual universe. The environmental chat distance may be inversely proportional to the detected words or characters in the environmental chat.
US11533276B2	Universal radio frequency router with an automatic gain control Various embodiments are described herein for a radio frequency (RF) signal router. In one example embodiment, the RF router comprises a controller, an input stage, an intermediate stage and an output stage. The input stage includes RF input terminals, pre-processing circuit and input processors, where each RF input terminal receives an incoming RF signal, each pre-processing circuit processes the incoming RF signal based on its power level, and each input processor adjusts a power level of an input RF signal based on a first controller signal to generate a processed input RF signal. The intermediate stage comprises intermediate switch matrices coupled to a controller and input processors, and configured to route intermediate RF signals. The output stage comprises output processors coupled to the controller, where each output processor is configured to adjust a power level of an output RF signal based on a second controller signal and generate a processed output RF signal, and where the second controller signal corresponds to the first controller signal.
US11533273B2	Methods and systems for resource optimization A method for optimizing network device resources that includes receiving, by an optimizer, first resource utilization data, making a first determination, based on the first resource utilization data, that resource utilization exceeds an upper threshold, starting, based on the first determination, an optimization process, that includes identifying a resource optimization entry of a resource class optimization queue, and initiating optimization of a resource fragment specified by the resource optimization entry. After initiating optimization of the region of the memory, the method additionally includes receiving second resource utilization data, making a second determination, based on the second resource utilization data, that the resource utilization is below a lower threshold, and halting, based on the second determination, the optimization process.
US11533264B2	Device and method for adaptive link adaptation A device, system, and method perform an adaptive link adaptation. The method, at a user equipment (UE) connected to a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network via an evolved Node B (eNB), includes determining a type of wireless traffic being utilized by the UE based upon at least one application executed on the UE, the wireless traffic being one of a data only, a voice only, or a combination thereof. The method includes determining a block error rate (BLER) target value to be used in a channel state feedback operation associated with a link adaptation operation for a connection between the UE and the eNB.
US11533263B2	Self-describing packet headers for concurrent processing A Self-Describing Packet block (SDPB) is defined that allows concurrent processing of various fixed headers in a packet block defined to take advantage of multiple cores in a networking node forwarding path architecture. SPDB allows concurrent processing of various pieces of header data, metadata, and conditional commands carried in the same data packet by checking a serialization flag set upon creation of the data packet, without needing to serialize the processing or even parsing of the packet. When one or h more commands in one or more sub-blocks may be processed concurrently, the one or more commands are distributed to multiple processing resources for processing the commands in parallel. This architecture allows multiple unique functionalities each with their own separate outcome (execution of commands, doing service chaining, performing telemetry, allows virtualization and path steering) to be performed concurrently with simplified packet architecture without incurring additional encapsulation overhead.
US11533262B2	Methods and systems for multi-level network capacity allocation Disclosed herein are systems and methods for allocating network capacity over a communication channel of a network. The systems and methods determine a transmission profile for each of a plurality of service flow types. The systems and methods then iteratively perform the following steps for allocating network capacity: selecting, for each service flow type, the network capacity allocation parameters in each service flow type's transmission profile associated with a current network capacity allocation cycle; determining amounts of data to transmit for each of the plurality of service flow types based at least in part on the selected network capacity allocation parameters; and transmitting, over the communication channel, the determined amounts for each of the plurality of service flow types for the current network capacity allocation cycle.
US11533260B2	Network traffic appliance for triggering augmented data collection on a network based on traffic patterns A method and system for increasing the collection of network traffic data in a network based on the occurrence of predetermined criteria. A network appliance manages network traffic in the network and passes data traffic on the network. Network traffic data is collected based on the data traffic passing through the network appliance at a normal level. It is determined whether the network traffic data indicates an abnormal condition. The collection of network traffic data is increased through the network traffic appliance when an abnormal condition is detected. The network traffic data from the increased collection is stored in a memory device.
US11533249B2	Route processing method and apparatus, and data transmission method and apparatus A route processing method is implemented by a first PE device and includes receiving a VPN route that includes a second SRv6 VPN SID and a third SRv6 VPN SID from a second PE device; determining that the second SRv6 VPN SID is the same as a first SRv6 VPN SID; and establishing a second path based on the third SRv6 VPN SID, where when a first path directly connected to the first PE device and the second CE device is faulty, the second path is used by the first PE device to forward a packet to the second CE device.
US11533238B2	Capacity management of computing resources based on time series analysis An online system receives time series data and analyzes the data for identifying trend changes or level shifts in the time series. The time series data may describe resource utilization of systems, for example, bandwidth of computer networks. The online system uses prediction models, for example, machine learning based prediction models using regression to predict data values for the time series. The online system determines error residue values based on difference between predicted data values and actual data values of the time series. The online system determines level change in the error residue to identify change-points representing trend changes or level-shifts in the original time-series. The online system takes corrective action based on the change-point information and the trend following the occurrence of the change-point, for example, sending alerts or instructions for causing reconfiguration of the systems such as the computer network.
US11533236B2	Configuration for user equipment intra-frequency measurement of sounding reference signals Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for a UE to measure sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission from another UE. The measurements results may be used, for example, by a serving cell for interference mitigation purposes. For example, the disclosed techniques may include a first UE receiving a configuration for measuring SRS transmitted by a second UE; determining a first bandwidth part (BWP) associated with the configuration; determining a frequency reference point for the SRS to be measured; determining SRS measurement resources, based on one or more parameters of the configuration and the frequency reference point; and measuring SRS transmitted by the second UE on the determined SRS measurement resources.
US11533224B2	Logic repository service supporting adaptable host logic The following description is directed to a logic repository service supporting adaptable host logic. In one example, a method of a logic repository service can include receiving a first request to generate configuration data for configurable hardware using a specification for application logic. The method can include selecting a particular host logic shell from a group of host logic shells. The particular host logic shell can be used to encapsulate the application logic when the configurable hardware is configured. Configuration data for the configurable hardware can be generated. The configuration data can include data for implementing the application logic and at least a portion of the particular host logic shell. The method can include receiving a second request to download the configuration data to a host server computer comprising the configurable hardware. The configuration data can be transmitted to the host server computer in response to the second request.
US11533222B2	Auto-enrollment of IoT endpoints Disclosed are various embodiments for automatic enrollment of Internet of Things (IoT) endpoints. An enrollment request is received from an internet of things (IoT) gateway, the enrollment request comprising an identifier for an IoT endpoint and at least one property of the IoT endpoint. In response to enrollment of the IoT endpoint, a campaign template is identified that matches the at least one property of the IoT endpoint. A campaign associated with the campaign template is then identified, the campaign comprising a collection of policies that are applicable to individual IoT endpoints assigned to the campaign. Subsequently, the IoT endpoint is assigned to the campaign.
US11533221B2	Arbitration method and related apparatus This application discloses an arbitration method and a related apparatus. The method includes: detecting, by the first ABS apparatus, first status information of a service module in the first DC; when determining that a communication link between the first DC and the second DC is faulty, obtaining, by the first ABS apparatus, second status information, wherein the second status information is status information that is of a service module in the second DC and that is detected by the second ABS apparatus; and arbitrating, by the first ABS apparatus, a subsequent service providing capability of the first DC based on the first status information and the second status information.
US11533216B2	Aggregating alarms into clusters to display service-affecting events on a graphical user interface Systems and methods are provided for correlating alarms throughout a multi-layer network and visualizing alarm clusters in a display of an interactive Graphical User Interface (GUI) to enable a network operator to prioritize urgent network issues. In one embodiment, an interactive GUI includes a main display area configured to display one or more geometrical shapes representing one or more alarm clusters, respectively. Each alarm cluster may represent a potential root-cause event in a network. The interactive GUI also includes one or more interactive objects that, when selected by a user, provide additional information associated with the one or more alarm clusters.
US11533215B2	Programmable diagnosis model for correlation of network events Network management techniques are described. A controller device of this disclosure manages a device group of a network. The controller device includes processing circuitry in communication with the memory, the processing circuitry being configured to receive, using a programmable diagnosis service executed by the processing circuitry, a programming input, to form, using the programmable diagnosis service, based on the programming input, a resource definition graph that models interdependencies between a plurality of resources supported by the device group, to detect, using the programmable diagnosis service, an event affecting a first resource of the plurality of resources, and to identify, using the programmable diagnosis service, based on the interdependencies modeled in the resource definition graph formed based on the programming input, a root cause event that caused the event affecting the first resource, the root cause event occurring at a second resource of the plurality of resources.
US11533205B2	Adaptive equalizer for redriver A system for selecting an equalizer setting of an equalizer to equalize signals received via a communications link. Starting with a first (e.g., minimum) equalizer setting and a threshold voltage near the mid-eye voltage of the equalized output signal, the system estimates the amplitude of the inner eye of the equalized output signal by comparing the equalized output signal to a series of threshold voltages. If the amplitude of the equalized output signal is less than ideal, the system dynamically increases the equalizer setting. The system quickly converges on the equalizer setting for the communication link because, rather than comparing the output signal at every voltage offset using every equalizer setting, the system only evaluates the equalizer settings necessary to select the equalizer setting for the communications link and uses only the voltage offsets necessary to evaluate each equalizer setting.
US11533195B2	Building management system with automatic equipment discovery and function extension A building management system includes a communications bus, subordinate devices connected to the communications bus, and a controller connected to the communications bus. The controller includes an active node table including a plurality of nodes, each node representing one of the subordinate devices connected to the communications bus. The controller is configured to monitor the active node table for a newly connected subordinate device, use a set of rules to determine whether the newly connected subordinate device is supported by the controller for performing an identified function in combination with the controller, and, in response to a determination that the newly connected subordinate device is supported, extend the identified function of the controller to the newly connected subordinate device. Extending the identified function includes enabling the newly connected subordinate device to perform the identified function.
US11533194B2	Security and environmental control based on virtual reality headset usage Systems and methods described provide and add significant functionality to virtual and augmented reality display systems. For example, when a user is “immersed” in a virtual reality environment, certain home environmental parameters may be changed, or may change state, and efforts at energy conservation can be automatically or semi-automatically initiated, at least temporarily, while the user is in the virtual reality environment. This allows the user to reduce energy consumption in their home while they are immersed in the virtual reality world by automatically turning down output to lights and other devices that the user does not need while in the headset. Users are further provided with the benefit of notifications during their virtual reality experience, bridging the gap of separation from the outside world with regard to security by allowing users to remain “in” a virtual reality environment while they are still alerted of important activity in their surroundings.
US11533192B2	Method and system for augmenting presentation of media content using devices in an environment Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining, from a network server device, first information regarding a first device, generating a media control package based on the first information, wherein the media control package relates to primary content to be presented, wherein the primary content is associated with a first timestamp that corresponds to a first event or context in the primary content, and wherein the media control package includes a first instruction for controlling the first device when a playback position of the primary content corresponds to the first timestamp, and causing the media control package to be provided to the network server device to enable augmentation of a presentation of the first event or context via control of the first device, in accordance with the first instruction, when the playback position of the primary content corresponds to the first timestamp. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11533186B2	Proprietor's identity confirmation system, terminal management server, and proprietor's identity confirmation method A terminal A transmits an owner identity confirmation start request to a terminal B including owner server association information capable of identifying an owner of the terminal and a terminal management server A of the terminal. The terminal B transmits an owner identity confirmation request to the terminal management server B of the terminal, the owner identity confirmation request including the owner server association information received and the owner server association information including information of the terminal B. The terminal management server B transmits, to the terminal management server A, an inter-server owner identity confirmation request including the identity confirmation information of the owner of the terminal B and the owner server association information of the terminal A. The terminal management server A compares the identity confirmation information of the owner of the terminal A with the identity confirmation information received, and confirms the owner identity of the two terminals.
US11533185B1	Systems for generating and managing certificate authorities Systems and method for generating and managing certificate authorities. For instance, a certificate service may provide one or more user interfaces for creating certificate authorities, such as a root certificate authority, a subordinate certificate authority, and/or an intermediate certificate authority. For example, a user may use a user device to create a certificate hierarchy. The certificate service may also provide one or more user interfaces for issuing certificates using the certificate authorities. One or more computing resources may then use the end-entity certificates issued from the certificate authority hierarchy for authentication and/or encryption. For security purposes, the certificate authority may also allow the user to set policies representing users that are able to access and/or utilize the certificate authorities to perform actions, such as issuing certificates. The certificate service may also generate audit reports indicating certificates that are created using the certificate authorities.
US11533177B2	Methods and systems for data authentication services Methods and systems for electronic document authentication are disclosed. In one aspect, a method of generating an electronic postmark includes receiving, via a server, a request message from an electronic network, the request message comprising request data including payload data and meta data, generating a timestamp in response to receiving the message, hashing the payload data to generate a payload hash, digitally signing the metadata, the payload hash, and the timestamp to generate a digital signature, generating a response message, the response message generated to comprise the metadata, the payload hash, the timestamp, and the digital signature; and transmitting the response message onto the electronic network.
US11533170B2	Hardware mechanisms for link encryption Methods, systems, and apparatuses associated with hardware mechanisms for link encryption are disclosed. In various embodiments, an interconnect interface is coupled to a processor core to interconnect a peripheral device to the processor core via a link established between the peripheral device and the interconnect interface. The interconnect interface is to select a cryptographic engine of a plurality of cryptographic engines instantiated in the interconnect interface for the link. The cryptographic engine is to symmetrically encrypt data to be transmitted through the link. In more specific embodiments, each of the plurality of cryptographic engines is instantiated for one of a request type on the link, a virtual channel on the link, or a request type within a virtual channel on the link.
US11533166B2	Method for controlling distribution of a product in a computer network and system A method for controlling distribution of a product in a computer network is provided, comprising: providing a computer network having a plurality of processing devices each comprising one or more processors and a storage; and providing keys for asymmetric cryptography in the computer network. In a first data processing device assigned to the manufacturer in the computer network, the following is provided: generating a matrix code by encoding first electronic information comprising the private product key; providing the public product key, the public manufacturer key, and the private manufacturer key; generating a first transaction assigned to the product, a first transaction content of the first transaction comprising the public product key, and the public manufacturer key; and signing the first transaction with both the private product key and the private manufacturer key. Imprint data are provided for imprinting an imprint of the matrix code on the product. Further, a system is provided.
US11533165B2	Signal and/or data transmission and/or encryption unit, PRN code generator, integrated integrity check, and computer-aided method for secure signal transmission Signal, data transmission, and/or encryption units generating a cryptographic code using a cryptographic key before writing to a pseudorandom noise buffer memory. The PRN code generator comprises a first processor generating a PRN code from initial data using a cryptographic key. A second processor generates sections of the PRN code for integrity check purposes through computation using the same cryptographic key and initial data. Within the PRN code generator and before temporary storage of the PRN code in the buffer memory, there is a comparison device for comparing at least one duplicated section of the PRN code sequence cryptographically generated by the first processor with the section computed by the second processor. A blocking, stop and/or alarm function is activated in the comparison device and triggered on the basis of a predefined degree of matching between the section obtained through duplication and the computed section.
US11533164B2	System and method for blockchain-based cross-entity authentication Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for blockchain-based cross-entity authentication are provided. One of the methods includes: obtaining an authentication request by a first entity for authenticating a user, wherein the authentication request comprises a decentralized identifier (DID) of the user; in response to determining that the first entity is permitted to access authentication information of the user endorsed by a second entity, generating a blockchain transaction for obtaining an authentication result of the user by the second entity, wherein the authentication result is associated with the DID; and transmitting the blockchain transaction to a blockchain node for adding to a blockchain.
US11533163B2	Mining method and device based on blockchain, and computer readable storage medium The embodiments of the invention relate to a mining method and device based on a blockchain, and a computer readable storage medium. The method comprises: acquiring behavior data of at least one user within a cycle; determining a value corresponding to each user in the at least one user within the cycle according to the behavior data of the at least one user and a value of a rated quantity within the cycle; and recording an identifier, the behavior data and the value of the at least one user within the cycle in the blockchain, so as to realize more reasonable and more resource-efficient mining.
US11533156B2	Demodulation reference signal modifications for multiple signaling, multiple transmission reception point operation This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for demodulation reference signal (DMRS) and cell specific reference signal (CRS) collision avoidance procedures for wireless communication. Conventional networks and devices may be unable to perform DMRS shifting in some modes. For example, when considering two transmissions of multiple TRP modes, if a DMRS symbol for one transmission is shifted due to a collision with a CRS pattern, the alignment of the transmissions may be altered. If DMRS symbols of the transmissions are not aligned, interference or decoding failure may occur. The disclosure enables procedures for performing DMRS shifting in multiple TRP modes. For example, the DMRS symbols of both transmissions may be shifted responsive to determining an overlap for one transmission. Such shifting may enable the alignment of the DMRS locations for both transmissions to enable decoding of the transmissions.
US11533146B2	Methods for identifying resources of a new radio physical downlink control channel which have been preempted by ultra-reliable low latency communication Methods and systems for detecting an enhanced massive mobile broadband (eMBB) physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in the presence of for ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) users are disclosed. A eMBB wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive a eMBB control resource set (CORESET) configuration for a CORESET including a PDCCH preemption indicator. If PDCCH preemption is enabled based on the PDCCH preemption indicator, the eMBB WTRU may identify and remove preempted resource element groups (REGs) in the eMBB CORESET by comparing channel estimates for each REG bundle in the eMBB CORESET. The WTRU may perform channel estimation based on remaining REGs in the eMBB CORESET and detect the PDCCH by performing blind decoding, based on a received signal, on the remaining REGs in the eMBB CORESET.
US11533144B2	Indication of time-frequency synchronization signal block (SSB) locations of neighboring transmission-reception points for positioning reference signal puncturing purposes Disclosed are techniques for wireless communication. In an aspect, a method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a network entity, a plurality of positioning reference signal (PRS) configurations for one or more serving or neighboring transmission-reception points (TRPs), receiving, from the network entity, a set of parameters that indicate time and frequency locations of one or more synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) of the one or more serving or neighboring TRPs, and determining which PRS of the plurality of PRS configurations have been punctured by the one or more SSBs based on the set of parameters.
US11533142B2	Obtaining lean carrier assistance information According to some embodiments, a method performed by a wireless device for lean carrier operation comprises obtaining lean carrier assistance information (LCAI). The LCAI comprises one or more of the following sets of information for a carrier frequency: reference signal (RS) muting pattern information, wherein the RS muting pattern information provides a RS muting pattern used in one or more cells on the carrier frequency; and coverage area information, wherein the coverage area information indicates a coverage area where the RS muting is applied or is expected to be applied on one or more cells operating on the carrier frequency. The method further comprises performing one or more radio operational tasks using the LCAI.
US11533136B2	Discard of PDCP PDU submitted for transmission A method of discarding PDCP PDUs submitted for transmission includes submitting the PDCP PDU to a first entity for transmission over a first physical layer, and submitting the PDCP PDU to a second entity for transmission over a second physical layer. In response to determining that a predetermined time period has elapsed since the submission of the PDCP PDU, the first entity and the second entity are instructed to discard the PDCP PDU without transmission, or one of the first entity and the second entity are instructed to discard the PDCP PDU in response to an indication of transmission or delivery of the PDCP PDU by the other entity. Related apparatus and computer program product(s) are disclosed.
US11533125B2	Channel coding method of variable length information using block code A method for channel-coding information bits using a code generation matrix including 32 rows and A columns corresponding to length of the information bits includes, channel-coding the information bits having “A” length using basis sequences having 32-bit length corresponding to columns of the code generation matrix, and outputting the channel-coded result as an output sequence. If “A” is higher than 10, the code generation matrix is generated when (A−10) additional basis sequences were added as column-directional sequences to a first or second matrix. The first matrix is a TFCI code generation matrix composed of 32 rows and 10 columns used for TFCI coding. The second matrix is made when at least one of an inter-row location or an inter-column location of the first matrix was changed. The additional basis sequences satisfy a value 10 of a minimum Hamming distance.
US11533110B1	Transmitting an optical signal including heterodyne combinations Examples relate to a transmitter for transmitting an optical signal including multiple frequencies. The transmitter includes a waveguide to receive a multi-frequency optical signal and a plurality of resonators coupled to the waveguide. Each resonator of the plurality of resonators selectively filters an optical signal of a frequency from the multi-frequency optical signal. The transmitter includes an optical combiner coupled to the plurality of resonators to receive optical signals filtered by the plurality of resonators and generate an output optical signal including a heterodyne combination based on the optical signals received from the plurality of resonators.
US11533101B1	Communicating information using photonic crystal masers In a general aspect, a communication system comprises a first station and a second station. The first station includes a photonic crystal maser, a laser subsystem, and a tracking subsystem. A photonic crystal structure of the photonic crystal maser is formed of dielectric material and has an array of cavities and an elongated slot. The elongated slot is disposed in a defect region of the array of cavities. The photonic crystal maser also includes a vapor disposed in the elongated slot and operable to emit a target RF electromagnetic radiation in response to receiving an optical signal. The array of cavities and the elongated slot define a waveguide configured to form the target RF electromagnetic radiation, when emitted, into a beam. The second station includes a receiver configured to couple to the beam of target RF electromagnetic radiation.
US11533098B2	Semi-persistent channel state information reporting Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit, to a base station via an uplink control channel, a negative acknowledgement (NACK) when a downlink shared channel transmission is not successfully received at the UE. The UE may receive, from the base station and based at least in part on the NACK, one or more channel state information reference signals (CSI-RSs) at one or more semi-persistent CSI measurement occasions. The UE may transmit, to the base station, one or more CSI reports at one or more semi-persistent CSI reporting occasions corresponding to the one or more semi-persistent CSI measurement occasions, wherein the one or more CSI reports include one or more channel measurements based at least in part on the one or more CSI-RSs. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US11533093B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving information and power in wireless communication system A method for operating a power transmitting device in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving feedback information corresponding to power harvest from a plurality of electronic devices, performing beam scheduling based on the feedback information, and transmitting power to the plurality of the electronic devices using at least one beam based on the beam scheduling.
US11533092B2	Wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method In a case where an A-BFT period is not present in a BI, a PCP/AP uses a format that includes an Unsolicited RSS Enabled sub-field for indicating support for responding to unsolicited RSSs within a CBAP, for a Beacon Interval Control field of a DMG beacon frame used for executing a BTI-ISS. For example, in a case where it is indicated that responding to unsolicited RSSs within a CBAP is supported, the PCP/AP sets the value of the Unsolicited RSS Enabled sub-field to 1. In a case where the value of the Unsolicited RSS Enabled sub-field included in a received DMG beacon frame is 1, a STA responds with an unsolicited CBAP-RSS.
US11533090B1	Method and system for downlink pre-coding in cloud radio access networks A method and a system for downlink pre-coding in cloud radio access networks uses a baseband unit, a number of remote radio heads, and a number of user equipments. The baseband unit determines a received signal expression for each user equipment based on system parameters and channel state information, and determines a sum rate expression which may be achievable for downlink transmission based on the received signal expression. The baseband unit then sets up a constrained optimal problem expression subject to a maximum transmitting power of each remote radio head with an objective function of sum rate maximization based on the achievable sum rate expression, and finally determines optimal solutions for the constrained optimal problem where the optimal solutions comprise downlink pre-coding used for downlink transmission.
US11533088B2	Cross-interface interference management One apparatus may be configured to transmit a set of reference signals on shared resources of a first communication link and a second communication link, the set of reference signals indicating an interference channel on the shared resources. The apparatus may further communicate data or control information on the first communication link following transmission of the set of reference signals. Another apparatus may be configured to detect a signal on shared resources of a first communication link and a second communication link, the signal being indicating an interference channel on the shared resources. The other apparatus may further perform channel estimation on the interference channel based on detecting the signal. The other apparatus may further communicate data or control information on the first communication link based on the channel estimation on the interference channel.
US11533086B2	Method for determining precoding matrix indicator, user equipment, and base station evolved NodeB The present disclosure relates to a method for determining a precoding matrix indicator, a user equipment (UE), a base station (e.g., eNB), and a system. The method includes: receiving a reference signal sent by a base station; selecting, based on the reference signal, a precoding matrix from a codebook, where a precoding matrix W included in the codebook is a product of two matrices W1 and W2, where W1 is a block diagonal matrix, where each block matrix is a Kronecker product of a matrix Ai and a matrix Bi; and sending a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) to the base station, where the PMI corresponds to the selected precoding matrix, so that the base station obtains the precoding matrix according to the PMI.
US11533080B2	System and methods of employing data over power in aircraft A system and method is provided for data over power in an aircraft that includes a direct current power source for providing power over power lines to devices onboard the aircraft and a data injector coupled to the power lines for digitally modulating radio frequency data onto twisted pair data over power lines to provide data and power to the devices. A controller is coupled to the direct current power source and the data injector for providing the data to digitally modulate the radio frequency onto the twisted pair data over power lines such that power for the devices onboard the aircraft and data for control of the device onboard the aircraft are provided to the devices onboard the aircraft over the twisted pair data over power lines.
US11533079B2	Methods and apparatuses for facilitating guided wave communications with an enhanced flexibility in parameters Aspects of the subject disclosure may include identifying at least one parameter associated with a transmission medium of a communication system, wherein the transmission medium is defined by a first physical endpoint and a second physical endpoint, identifying, based on the identifying of the at least one parameter, a first location for deploying a first waveguide system about the transmission medium, wherein the first location is different from each of the first physical endpoint and the second physical endpoint, wherein the first waveguide system is configured to couple a first electromagnetic wave onto the transmission medium, and wherein the first electromagnetic wave is guided by and propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, and generating a first directive for deploying the first waveguide system about the transmission medium at the first location. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11533077B2	Pseudo-differential signaling for modified single-ended interface Disclosed is a signaling circuit. A switch circuit generates an internal reference supply voltage and an internal lower supply voltage, from first and second power supply voltages. A transmit circuit drives a high bit from the first power supply voltage, and drives a low bit from the internal lower supply voltage. The second terminal of the data output is connected to the internal reference supply voltage.
US11533076B1	Phase based distance estimation with non-zero intermediate frequency A transceiver circuit is disclosed. The transceiver circuit includes an antenna, a receiver RF chain configured to receive a receiver RF signal from the antenna, a transmitter RF chain configured to transmit a transmitter RF signal to the antenna, a frequency synthesizer configured to generate an oscillator signal, and a controller configured to cause the receiver RF chain to receive a first reflection signal from the antenna, down convert the first reflection signal to a non-zero intermediate frequency, and determine a range estimate to another transceiver circuit based on a phase of the first reflection signal.
US11533068B1	Low intermediate frequency transmitter A radio frequency transmitter includes an upconverter that outputs in-phase (I) and quadrature (Q) signals, a digital timing offset circuit, first and second digital-to-analog converters (DACs), an analog timing offset removal circuit, first and second pulse shapers, and an adder. The digital timing offset circuit introduces a time offset between the I and Q signals. The first and second DACs output analog I and Q signals, respectively, and have first and second clock signals, respectively. The first and second clock signals have the same frequency and are offset relative to each other by the time offset. The analog timing offset removal circuit removes the time offset between the analog I and Q signals. The first and second pulse shapers receive the analog I and Q signals, respectively, and output pulse-shaped I and Q signals. The adder receives the pulse-shaped I and Q signals and outputs an intermediate frequency signal.
US11533055B2	Ultra-low power adaptively reconfigurable system Implementations disclosed describe a programmable analog subsystem (PASS) having a plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits. The PASS may be coupled to an input/output device to receive an input signal and to an interface to communicate data with a central processing unit. In a first PASS configuration, with the plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits having a first configuration setting, the PASS may process the input signal through the plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits to generate a first output value based on the input signal. Responsive to the first output value, the PASS may reconfigure the plurality of reconfigurable analog circuits into a second PASS configuration having a second configuration setting, such that the second configuration setting is different than the first configuration setting.
US11533049B2	Pre-charge techniques for a multi-level flying capacitor converter A circuit includes first and second transistors, a capacitor, and a controller. The controller is coupled to the control inputs of the first and second transistors. The controller configured to, during a first mode and in accordance with a first time-varying duty cycle, turn on and off the first transistor while turning on the second transistor when the first transistor is off. The controller is also configured to, during a second mode following the first mode, and in accordance with a second time-varying duty cycle, turn on and off the first transistor while turning on the second transistor when the first transistor is off.
US11533047B2	Wave-generation circuit and operation system utilizing the same A wave-generation circuit is provided. A core circuit establishes digital data. A fetch and calculation circuit generates a first data string and a second data string according to the digital data, outputs the first data string via a first pin, and outputs the second data string via a second pin. A latch circuit latches the first and second data strings. The latch circuit uses the first data string as first input data, and use the second data string as second input data. A digital-to-analog conversion circuit receives and converts the first input data and the second input data to generate a first output wave and a second output wave. After the core circuit establishes the digital data, the fetch and calculation circuit, the latch circuit, and the digital-to-analog conversion circuit operate independently of the core circuit to generate the first output wave and the second output wave.
US11533043B2	Method for impedance prediction of a voltage source converter under variable operating points A method for predicting impedance of a voltage source converter under variable operating points is disclosed, pertaining to the field of analysis of small signal stability in an electrical power system. When the parameters and topology of the control system are fully unknown, the theoretical expression of impedance cannot be applied to a voltage source converter, and impedance is highly dependent on operating points. A fully decoupled impedance model disclosed is constructed in this disclosure. The fully decoupled impedance model decomposes the impedance into a system parameter vector and an operating point vector, and then identifies parameters through impedance measurement, thereby realizing impedance prediction in a voltage source converter grid-connected system under variable operating points when the parameters and topology of the control system are fully unknown, expanding the scope of application of the impedance method and laying a foundation for using the impedance method to analyze small signal stability in engineering practices.
US11533036B2	Transformer-based wideband filter with ripple reduction A radio frequency filtering circuitry includes a first inductor, a second inductor, and a conductive loop. The first inductor receives a first current that induces a second current in the second inductor upon receiving the first current. The first inductor and/or the second inductor induce a third current in the conductive loop. The conductive loop adjusts the third current to reduce a first gain peak of an output signal to correlate to a second gain peak of the output signal.
US11533027B2	Low power receiver circuit for isolated data communications Data isolators are described. The data isolators include a differential receiver having cross-coupled single-ended amplifiers. The single-ended amplifiers may be referenced to a time-varying reference potential. The cross-coupling of the single-ended amplifiers may provide high speed, low power consumption operation of the data isolator.
US11533023B2	Embedded transmit/receive switch A TX/RX switch includes a power amplifier (PA), a Low Noise Amplifier (LNA), and an antenna connection. The PA is connected to a PA matching network that has a PA network impedance and a common PA-LNA impedance connected in one or more series-parallel combinations in different embodiments in a transmitting mode. The LNA is connected to a LNA matching network that has a LNA. network impedance and the same common PA-LNA impedance connected in one or more series-parallel combinations in a receive mode. A mode switch can connect the common PA-LNA impedance in different configurations to enable the transmitting and receiving mode respectively. In some embodiments, the mode switch can short or open circuit the connection of the PA matching circuit or the LNA matching circuit to the antenna. In some embodiments, the mode switch can also turn power on or off to the PA or the LNA when the switch is in a mode where the respective amplifier is not selected. Accordingly, with specific design limitations on the common PA-LNA impedance combined with different mode switch configurations of the TX/RX switch components in either the TX or RX mode, the TX/RX switch operates within a design bandwidth without, transmission lines embedded in the TX/RX switch circuitry and provides optimum power transfer from/to the antenna at the antenna connection with reduced noise.
US11533020B2	Single magnetic-layer microwave oscillator A method and system for generating voltage and/or current oscillations in a single magnetic layer is provided. The method comprises applying a direct voltage/current to the layer in a longitudinal direction; and developing a longitudinal voltage between a pair of longitudinal voltage leads and/or a transverse voltage between a pair of transverse voltage leads. The magnetic layer comprises a ferrimagnetic or antiferrimagnetic material having a first and second magnetic sub-lattice, wherein the first sub-lattice is a dominant sub-lattice such that the charge carriers at the Fermi energy originate predominantly from the dominant sub-lattice and the charge carriers at the Fermi energy are spin polarised. In some embodiments, the dominant current carrying sub-lattice may lack inversion symmetry.
US11533019B2	Drift compensation The present disclosure relates to an electronic device comprising a first capacitor and a quartz crystal coupled in series between a first node and a second node; an inverter coupled between the first and second nodes; a first variable capacitor coupled between the first node and a third node; and a second variable capacitor coupled between the second node and the third node.
US11533016B2	Motor driving device and steering system A control unit determines a presence or absence of a short-circuit failure with respect to a target switch which is a phase-opening switch to be determined. At this time, after opening all the phase opening switches, the control unit drives an inverter to connect a power supply line provided with the target switch among the phase opening switches to ground. The control unit determines that the target switch has a short-circuit failure when a voltage of the power supply line in which the target switch is not provided is smaller than a predetermined voltage.
US11533015B2	Drive device-integrated rotary electric machine and electric power steering device using same The invention includes a first power supply connector, which connects a first inverter unit that supplies a drive current to a first three-phase winding of a rotary electric machine to a first vehicle power supply, and a second power supply connector, which connects a first second inverter unit that supplies a drive current to a second three-phase winding of the rotary electric machine to a second vehicle power supply, wherein a voltage of the first vehicle power supply is higher than a voltage of the second vehicle power supply, and a current capacity of the first power supply connector is smaller than a current capacity of the second power supply connector.
US11533010B2	Torque current limiting vector control system and method for window regulator brushless motor A motor control system for controlling a brushless electric motor of a power operated actuator of a closure panel of a vehicle and method of operating the control system are provided. The control system includes a vector control system configured to receive a torque current based on a measured angular velocity of the motor and current of each of the phases and determine corresponding stationary reference frame voltages. The vector control system outputs pulse width modulation signals to the motor. A vector torque current limiter couples to the vector control system and the motor and is configured to determine the torque current drawn, receive the measured angular velocity and determine whether there is a reduction of the measured angular velocity and detects a pinch event and reduces the torque current in response to determining there is a reduction of the measured angular velocity of the brushless electric motor.
US11533003B2	Piezoelectric device including displacement amplification of scissor-hinge structure The present disclosure relates to a piezoelectric device, and more particularly, to a piezoelectric device including: a piezoelectric actuator; a displacement transmission structure disposed on the piezoelectric actuator; and a displacement amplification structure disposed between the piezoelectric actuator and the displacement transmission structure. Here, the displacement amplification structure includes: a first displacement amplification structure and a second displacement amplification structure, which cross each other; and a fixing pin that passes through the first displacement amplification structure and the second displacement amplification structure to connect the first displacement amplification structure and the second displacement amplification structure. Also, each of one end of the first displacement amplification structure and one end of the second displacement amplification structure may be fixed on the piezoelectric actuator.
US11532996B2	Hybrid modular multilevel converter Accordingly, the embodiments herein provide a hybrid modular multilevel converter. The hybrid modular multilevel converter includes one or more chain links, one or more high voltage switches and a plurality of inductors. The one or more chain links are formed by sub modules. The one or more high voltage switches are formed by semi-controlled devices or fully controlled or any other suitable semiconductor devices. The plurality of inductors are arranged in the one or more chain links to limit circulating current among the one or more chain links. The one or more chain links are configured to enhance a power handling capability of the hybrid modular multilevel converter.
US11532985B2	Switching circuits having multiple operating modes and associated methods A method for controlling a switching circuit including an input port electrically coupled to a photovoltaic device and an output port electrically coupled to a load includes (1) entering a voltage limiting operating mode and (2) in the voltage limiting operating mode (i) causing a control switching device of the switching circuit to repeatedly switch between its conductive and non-conductive states in a manner which limits magnitude of an output voltage to a maximum voltage value, the output voltage being a voltage across the output port, and (ii) varying the maximum voltage value as a function of magnitude of an output current, the output current being a current flowing through the output port.
US11532984B2	Voltage regulator circuit with parallel arrangement of discontinuous conduction mode voltage regulators Various embodiments provide a parallel arrangement of discontinuous conduction mode (DCM) voltage regulators to provide a regulated voltage to a load. The individual DCM voltage regulators may be triggered (e.g., switched to a charge state) when the regulated voltage falls below a lower threshold. Different DCM voltage regulators in the parallel arrangement may have different lower thresholds. In some embodiments, different DCM voltage regulators may include different inductance and/or transistor size (e.g., to tune the DCM voltage regulators to different current handling capabilities). Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US11532981B2	Automatic adjustment of power supply voltage to maintain voltage during transients A power supply system includes a plurality of power supplies coupled to a common power bus. Each of the plurality of power supplies adjusts an output voltage set-point within a droop window in response to an excursion sensed voltage on the common power bus reflecting the current load on the power supply system. In response to a transient in the sensed voltage being above or below the droop window, each power supply may shift its droop window up or down. If the droop window of each power supply is at a maximum or minimum value within a voltage regulation window, each power supply may respond to a transient in the sensed voltage by compressing the droop window.
US11532977B2	Magnetic linear drive device and system Drive generator having a helical magnetic array. Additionally, a coupling portion is coupled to the drive generator and configured to be coupled to a vehicle. A drive member is configured to be at least partially located within the at least one drive generator, whereby the drive member is magnetically coupled to the at least one drive body. Furthermore, a prime mover is coupled to the drive member and configured to rotate the drive member, thereby imparting motion, when a portion of the drive member is located within the at least one drive generator, of the at least one drive generator relative to the drive member.
US11532973B2	Rotor core retaining jig, manufacturing device and manufacturing method for magnet embedded core To prevent the axial compressive force that acts on the rotor core from becoming unnecessarily large and to enable a high-quality magnet embedded core to be manufactured efficiently, a retaining jig (10) for a rotor core (2) including a magnet insertion hole (4) forming a through hole defining openings on end surfaces in an axial direction includes: a first plate (12) configured to contact against one of the end surfaces of the rotor core (2) and including a gate (20) configured to communicate with the corresponding opening of the magnet insertion hole (4); a second plate (14) configured to oppose another of the end surfaces of the rotor core (2); a closure member (26) coupled to the second plate (14) via a compression spring member (28) and configured to be capable of closing the opening of the magnet insertion hole (4) on the other of the end surfaces; and a coupling member (30) that couples the first plate (12) and the second plate (14) to each other such that the closure member (26) closes the opening and a spring force of the compression spring member (28) becomes a prescribed value.
US11532972B2	Driving device A driving device includes an electric motor, a rotating shaft, a motor housing, a printed circuit board, an electric power converting circuit, a rear frame end working as a heat radiating member, gel working as a heat transfer member, multiple mounted parts and so on. The heat radiating member is located on a side of the printed circuit board and facing a motor-side surface of the printed circuit board, to which multiple switching elements are mounted. The gel is plastically deformed and adhered to the switching elements and the heat radiating member for transferring heat of the switching elements to the heat radiating member. At least one of the mounted parts is mounted to the printed circuit board and located at a position between a through-hole opposing area and one of the switching elements, which is located at a position closest to a rotational angle sensor mounted to the printed circuit board in the through-hole opposing area.
US11532971B2	Variable torque generation electric machine employing tunable Halbach magnet array An electric machine with variable torque generation having a tunable Halbach array configuration. The electric machine includes a magnet assembly for generating a magnetic field. The magnet assembly includes a plurality of fixed magnets disposed in a ring arrangement so that fixed magnets having a north pole faced toward the rotor or stator are alternated with fixed magnets having a south pole faced toward the rotor or stator, a plurality of rotatable magnets disposed within a respective slot formed between two adjacent fixed magnets, a drive assembly for turning the rotatable magnets within the slots to vary the magnetic field generated by the magnet assembly in the rotor or stator, the drive assembly configured to turn the rotatable magnets between a first position wherein the magnetic field in the rotor or stator is augmented and a second position wherein the magnetic field in the rotor or stator is cancelled.
US11532968B2	Linear actuator for motion simulator A linear actuator is configured to be connected between a platform and a structure or ground for displacement of the platform relative to the structure or the ground. The actuator comprises a base, and an output displaceable linearly relative to the base. A first plurality of idlers are on the base, and a second plurality of idlers are on the output. An actuator unit has a reciprocating rotational output. A tensioning member has a first end connected to the rotational output of the actuator unit, and a second end connected to an anchor point on one of the output and the base, the tensioning member being routed from the rotational output, through the first plurality of idlers and the second plurality of idlers and to the anchor point for converting a winding/unwinding of the tensioning member into a translation of the output.
US11532966B2	Terminal connection structure for rotary machine A terminal connection structure for a rotary machine which electrically connects the rotary machine and a terminal block of a power control unit, comprises a terminal including a layered portion connected to a winding of the rotary machine and formed by layering at least a first conductor portion and a second conductor portion; and a fastening member fastening the terminal and the terminal block of the power control unit.
US11532958B2	Predictive wireless charging of electronic devices Techniques of wireless charging involve a charging base configured to predict when the user is about to charge a device based on a state of the device. For example, the state of the device may be defined by inertial measurement units (IMUs). The charging base then activates in response to predicting that the user intends to charge the device. In some implementations, the prediction is based on a machine learning (ML) engine trained to classify a movement of a device by a user as being about to charge or not being about to charge. If a movement of a device is classified as being about to charge, the charging base activates before the device is detected by the charging base.
US11532950B2	Systems and methods for wireless charging and wireless data transfer for multiple devices Disclosed are devices and methods for performing wireless charging of an electronic device and establishing a wireless connection with a plurality of electronic devices for data transfer. Different modes of wireless data transfer can be used to ensure that the power supply of the electronic device is charged without interruption.
US11532945B2	Control device for vehicle A control device for a vehicle is provided with a catalyst warmup control part supplying electric power to a conductive base to warm up a catalyst device if the temperature of the conductive base is less than a predetermined temperature and the state of charge of the battery is less than a second state of charge larger than a first state of charge when the state of charge of the battery is equal to or greater than the predetermined first state of charge and a driving mode of the vehicle is set to an EV mode in which at least the output of the rotary electric machine is controlled to make the vehicle run. The catalyst warmup control part sets the second state of charge so that the second state of charge becomes larger in the case where the resistance value of the conductive base is large compared to when it is small.
US11532940B2	Communication in a converter device A method can be used to synchronize time between nodes of a converter device for high voltage power conversion. The method is performed in a first node of the converter device and includes receiving a time reference from a second node of the converter device, obtaining a delay value for receiving time references from the second node, determining a compensated time by adding the delay value to the time reference, and setting a clock in the first node to be the compensated time.
US11532932B2	Microgrid overcurrent protection device A microgrid overcurrent protection device and a method for overcurrent protection of a microgrid. The protection device including a voltage controlled overcurrent detector for detecting an overcurrent above an overcurrent threshold and a phase directional detector arranged for current direction in a downstream or an upstream direction. The overcurrent threshold of the voltage controlled overcurrent detector is set at an upper overcurrent threshold when a measured voltage Vm is above a threshold voltage Vs and set at a lower overcurrent threshold when the measured voltage Vm is below the threshold voltage Vs. The device further includes a timer arranged for generating a trigger signal with a first delay time period when a downstream current direction and an overcurrent are detected and with a second delay time period when an upstream current direction and an overcurrent are detected.
US11532911B2	Connecting device and assembly of connecting device and mating device A connecting device and an assembly of the connecting device and a mating device are provided. The connecting device includes an insulating main body, a plurality of terminals, a magnet set, an inner housing, a crown leaf spring, an outer housing, and a wave spring. The plurality of terminals are disposed on the insulating main body, the magnet set is disposed on the insulating main body, and the inner housing is sleeved around the insulating main body. The wave spring and the crown leaf spring are each disposed between the inner housing and the outer housing, and abut the inner housing, so that the insulating main body, the plurality of terminals, the magnet set, and the inner housing are arranged in a floating state.
US11532910B2	Contact device, contact system and method for assembling such a contact system A contact device includes a housing having a housing interior, a screw having a screw head and a shaft connected to the screw head, the shaft extending along a screw axis and having a first thread, a screw locking device connecting the screw head to the housing by a force-based and/or an interlocking engagement, and a first contact element for contacting a second contact element of a further contact device. The first contact element and the screw are arranged in the housing interior.
US11532905B2	Plug-in device and goods display arrangement A plug-in device for an arrangement for goods display, having a socket mounted on a supporting structure, and a plug-in part having a plug-in portion plugged into a receptacle of the socket. An electrification arrangement, in the connected state of the plug-in device electrically supplies electricity via the plug-in device, with an electrical connection being established via the socket and the plug-in part in that an electrically conducting contact is established by galvanic contacting between a first contact point and a second contact point. The first contact point is formed on the socket and the second contact point is formed on the plug-in portion such that, in the connected state, the first contact point in and the second contact point are electrically contacted with one another.
US11532902B2	Terminal-free connectors and circuits comprising terminal-free connectors Provided are terminal-free connectors for flexible interconnect circuits. A connector comprises a housing chamber defined by at least a first side wall and a second side wall oppositely positioned about the base. An edge support is positioned at each of the first side wall and the second side wall. The edge supports allow for precise placement of the flexible interconnect circuit inside the housing chamber. A cover piece is coupled to the base via a first hinge, and is configured to move between a released position and a clamped position. The cover piece includes a clamp portion securing the flexible interconnect circuit against the edge supports in the clamped position. A slider may be configured to move between an extended position and an inserted position within the housing chamber, and may include a convex upper surface configured to urge the flexible interconnect circuit upwards in the inserted position.
US11532894B2	Antenna apparatus An antenna apparatus includes a patch antenna pattern; a feed via electrically connected to the patch antenna pattern at a point offset in a first direction from a center of the patch antenna pattern; a first side coupling pattern spaced apart from the patch antenna pattern along a second direction and a second side coupling pattern spaced apart from the patch antenna pattern along the second direction and opposite to the first side coupling pattern; and a first side ground pattern spaced apart from the patch antenna pattern along the first direction and a second side ground pattern spaced apart from the patch antenna pattern along the first direction and opposite to the first side ground pattern. The patch antenna pattern and the first and second side coupling patterns are disposed between the first and second side ground patterns with respect to the first direction.
US11532887B2	Radiation element for antenna and antenna including the radiation element A radiation element for an antenna includes a first pair of dipoles. The first pair of dipoles includes a first dipole and a second dipole, where the first dipole has a first radiation arm and a second radiation arm, and the second dipole has a third radiation arm and a fourth radiation arm. A first connection trace between the first radiation arm of the first dipole and the third radiation arm of the second dipole and a second connection trace between the second radiation arm of the first dipole and the fourth radiation arm of the second dipole are parallel to each other. The radiation arms of the first pair of dipoles are planar structures.
US11532885B2	Modular antenna and antenna assembly An antenna assembly for receiving television signals on both very high frequency (VHF) bands and ultra high frequency (UHF) bands, the antenna assembly including: a main section including an elongated boom, at least one active element coupled to the boom, and at least one passive element coupled to the boom; a VHF section including a VHF boom configured to be coupled to a first longitudinal end of the boom and at least one active element coupled to the VHF boom; and a UHF section including a UHF boom configured to be coupled to a second longitudinal end of the boom opposite the first longitudinal end and a plurality of passive elements coupled to the UHF boom.
US11532870B2	Housing assembly and electronic devices A housing assembly is provided according to the present disclosure. The housing assembly includes a dielectric substrate and a radio-wave transparent structure. The dielectric substrate has a first transmittance for a radio frequency signal in a preset frequency band. The radio-wave transparent structure is disposed on the dielectric substrate and at least partially covers the dielectric substrate. A region of the housing assembly corresponding to the radio-wave transparent structure has a second transmittance for the radio frequency signal in the preset frequency band, and the second transmittance is larger than the first transmittance. The housing assembly can be applied to an electronic device having an antenna module.
US11532857B2	Battery module The present disclosure provides a battery module, including a first battery cell arrangement structure, a second battery cell arrangement structure and a bus bar array. With battery cells stacked in a horizontal direction, a first battery cell arrangement structure and a second battery cell arrangement structure are stacked in a vertical direction, and a first bus bar of a bus bar array is used to sequentially connect the battery cells of the first battery cell arrangement structure and the second battery cell arrangement structure. As a result, a total positive electrode and a total negative electrode of a battery module are located at two ends of the battery module, which greatly reduces the possibility of a short circuit of the battery module and improves the safety of the battery module.
US11532855B2	LDH separator and secondary zinc battery Provided is a layered double hydroxide (LDH) separator including a porous substrate made of a polymeric material; and a hydroxide-ion conductive layered compound being a LDH and/or a LDH-like compound with which pores of the porous substrate are plugged. The LDH separator has a mean porosity of 0.03% to less than 1.0%.
US11532846B2	Secondary battery and top insulator for secondary battery To solve the above problem, a top insulator for a case of a secondary battery, according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a glass fiber including crossed weft yarns and warp yarns of raw yarns of the glass fiber; and silicone rubber on at least one surface of the glass fiber.
US11532840B2	Energy storage systems with multiple matrix energy flow control and programmable charging and discharging options The present disclosure provides an energy storage system comprising a plurality of input ports connectable to receive electrical power from one or more energy sources, a plurality of output ports connectable to deliver electrical power to one or more loads, a plurality of battery modules, a switching matrix connected between the plurality of battery modules and the plurality of inputs, and between the plurality of battery modules and the plurality of outputs, the switching matrix configured to selectively connect each battery module to any number of the plurality of input ports or any number of the plurality of output ports, each input port to any number of battery modules, and each output port to any number of battery modules, and a main battery management controller operably coupled to the switching matrix for controlling connections between each battery module and any number of the plurality of input ports or any number of the plurality of output ports.
US11532834B2	All-solid battery and method of manufacturing the same Disclosed are an all-solid battery and a method of manufacturing the same. The all-solid battery as disclosed herein may include current collectors having the same size for a cathode and an anode, the elongation areas of the cathode and the anode may be controlled due to the ductility of the current collectors during a pressing process. Thus, areas of the anode and the cathode may become different from each other upon the pressing, thus preventing a short-circuit fault from being formed at the edge portion thereof in the pressing process.
US11532831B1	Redox-active compounds and uses thereof Ferrocene based redox-active compounds have a total number of cyclopentadienyl substituents that is three or greater per ferrocene core. The cyclopentadienyl substituents generally have a linker and a solubilizing group. An aqueous solution of the redox-active compound and a salt may be used as an electrolyte. Aqueous compositions including the redox-active compounds may be used in electrodialysis systems.
US11532823B2	Flexible battery The present invention pertains to a flexible electrode, to a process for the manufacture of said flexible electrode and to uses of said flexible electrode in electrochemical devices, in particular in secondary batteries.
US11532822B2	Fibrous carbon, method for manufacturing same, electrode mixture layer for non-aqueous-electrolyte secondary cell, electrode for non-aqueous-electrolyte secondary cell, and non-aqueous-electrolyte secondary cell The present invention provides: a fibrous carbon characterized in that the average effective fiber length is 1-100 μm, and the crystallite length (La) measured using X-ray diffraction is 100-500 nm; an electrode mixture layer for a non-aqueous-electrolyte secondary cell, said mixture comprising an electrode active material and a carbon-based electroconductive auxiliary agent containing said fibrous carbon; an electrode for a non-aqueous-electrolyte secondary cell, the electrode comprising a collector and said electrode mixture layer for a non-aqueous-electrolyte secondary cell, the electrode mixture layer being laminated on the collector; and a non-aqueous-electrolyte secondary cell having said electrode for a non-aqueous-electrolyte secondary cell.
US11532821B2	Negative electrode for lithium ion secondary battery, lithium ion secondary battery, battery pack, electric vehicle, power storage system, power tool, and electronic device A lithium ion secondary battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte. The negative electrode has a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer provided on the negative electrode current collector. The negative electrode current collector satisfies: (D2/D1)≥0.968 (1), D2≥21.947*(X/100)−24.643 (2), 110≤X≤125 (3), and where D1 is a first displacement amount in a first piercing test at a first piercing speed of 0.1 mm/min or more; D2 is a second displacement amount in a second piercing test at a second piercing speed of less than 0.1 mm/min; and X is an expansion coefficient (%) of the negative electrode active material layer.
US11532820B2	Aqueous binder composition for lithium ion electrical storage devices An electrode binder of a lithium ion secondary battery comprising an aqueous dispersion of: (a) a polyvinylidene binder; (b) a (meth)acrylic polymer dispersant; (c) a crosslinking agent comprising an aminoplast and/or a polycarbodiimide; and (d) an organic diluent. The (meth)acrylic polymer dispersant is prepared from a mixture of monomers comprising one or more carboxylic acid group-containing (meth)acrylic monomers and one or more hydroxyl group-containing (meth)acrylic monomers, and carboxylic acid groups on the (meth)acrylic polymer dispersant are at least partially neutralized with a base. The binder can be used in the assembly of electrodes of lithium ion secondary batteries.
US11532818B2	Solvents and slurries comprising a poly(carboxylic acid) binder for silicon electrode manufacture A binder solution for manufacturing silicon-based anodes useful for lithium-ion electrochemical cells is described herein. The binder solution comprises a poly(carboxylic acid) binder dissolved in a mixed solvent system comprising an amide solvent of Formula I, as described herein, and a second solvent which can be water and/or an organic solvent. The binder preferably comprises poly(acrylic acid). The mixed solvent system comprises about 10 to about 99 vol % of the amide solvent of Formula I. The binder solution is utilized as a solvent for a slurry of silicon-containing particles for preparing a silicon-containing electrode. The slurries made with the mixed solvent systems have higher viscosity and are more stable than slurries containing the same concentrations of silicon particle, carbon particles, and binder in water as the sole solvent.
US11532805B2	Method of preparing electrode for secondary battery SUMMARY A method of preparing an electrode for a secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes the steps of: injecting a first slurry prepared by dissolving a first active material in a first solvent and a second slurry prepared by dissolving a second active material in a second solvent into a single coating device; and coating the first slurry and the second slurry onto a current collector through the single coating device, wherein the first solvent and the second solvent have different physical properties, and form a layered structure of a first layer including the first slurry and a second layer including the second slurry on the current collector, respectively.
US11532799B2	Neuron behavior-imitating electronic synapse device and method of fabricating the same The present disclosure relates to a neuron behavior-imitating electronic synapse device and a method of fabricating the same. According to one embodiment, the neuron behavior-imitating synapse device includes a first electrode having a lithium-doped surface, an active layer formed on the first electrode and including a polyelectrolyte and one or more metal nanoparticles, and a second electrode formed on the active layer.
US11532794B2	Compound and light-emitting device including the same A compound of Formula 1, as disclosed herein, is useful in an organic light emitting device and apparatuses including the same.
US11532793B2	Compound, display panel, and display apparatus The present disclosure provides a boron heterocyclic compound having a structure represented by a chemical formula 1, wherein L1 and L2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of C6-C30 aryl, C6-C30 fused aryl, C4-C30 heteroaryl, and C4-C30 fused heteroaryl; and R1 and R2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of carbazolyl, a carbazolyl-derived group, acridinyl, an acridinyl-derived group, diarylamino, and a diarylamino-derived group. The double boron heterocyclic structure functions as an electron acceptor and a linker. In the present disclosure, by attaching a group having a large steric hindrance to the boron atom of the boron heterocyclic ring, the molecules the compound are prevented from aggregating, and thus a π-aggregation or excimer formed by direct accumulation of the conjugate plane is avoided, thereby improving the light-emitting efficiency. The present disclosure further provides a display panel and a display apparatus.
US11532788B2	Laminated module The present invention relates to a method for laminating solar cell modules comprising a plurality of solar cells electrically connected in series. The method comprises: providing a first and a second flexible substrate portion suitable for roll-to-roll deposition; providing a plurality of first electronic conductors on said first substrate portion and a plurality of second electrodes on said second substrate portion, wherein said plurality of first and second electrodes are provided as stripes spatially separated such that a plurality of gaps is formed; depositing an electronic conductor on one end of the first and second electrodes and depositing a continuous or discontinuous active layer on said plurality of first electrodes or said plurality of second electrodes, wherein said continuous or discontinuous active layer is an organic active layer; laminating by means of heat and pressure said first and said second substrate portions together in a roll-to-roll process such that the electronic conductors are brought into physical contact with the respective electronic conductor arranged on the opposite substrate, and that the active layer is brought into physical contact with the other one of said plurality first electrodes or said plurality of second electrodes and such that the active layer is brought into electrical contact with said plurality of first electrodes and said plurality of second electrodes. The plurality of first electrodes is arranged off-set relative said plurality of second electrodes such that each of said plurality of gaps between said plurality of second electrodes are partly or fully covered at least in one direction by respective one of said plurality of first electrodes. The present invention also relates to a solar cell module.
US11532787B2	Process and apparatus for producing transparent electrode The embodiments provide a process and an apparatus for easily producing a transparent electrode of low resistance and of high transparency. The process comprises: coating a hydrophobic polymer film with a dispersion of metal nanowires, press-bonding an electroconductive substrate directly onto the metal nanowires on the polymer film, and peeling and transferring the metal nanowires from the polymer film onto the conductive substrate. The embodiments also relates to an apparatus for the process.
US11532777B2	Thermoelectric power generation system A thermoelectric power generation device including: a heating unit having a heat medium passage in which a heat medium flows; a cooling unit having a cooling liquid passage in which a cooling liquid flows; a thermoelectric element having the heating unit and the cooling unit so as to generate power by utilizing a temperature difference between a condensation temperature of the heat medium and a temperature of the cooling liquid; a power generation output detection unit configured to detect a power generation output of the thermoelectric element; a heat medium pressure detection unit configured to detect a pressure of the heat medium; a storage unit for storing, in advance, a relationship between a power generation output of the thermoelectric element and the pressure of the heat medium; and an abnormality detection unit configured to detect an abnormality taking place in the thermoelectric power generation device.
US11532771B2	Semiconductor device package An embodiment discloses a semiconductor device package comprising: a body including a cavity; a semiconductor device disposed in the cavity; a light transmitting member disposed in the cavity; and an adhesive layer for fixing the light transmitting member to the body, wherein the semiconductor device generates light in an ultraviolet wavelength band, and the adhesive layer comprises polymer resin and wavelength conversion particles which absorb the light in the ultraviolet wavelength band and generate light in a visible wavelength band.
US11532757B2	Deposition of charge trapping layers A semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the semiconductor device are disclosed. Specifically, the semiconductor device may include a charge trapping layer with improved retention and speed for VNAND applications. The charge trapping layer may comprise an aluminum nitride (AlN) or aluminum oxynitride (AlON) layer.
US11532756B2	C-shaped active area semiconductor device, method of manufacturing the same and electronic device including the same A C-shaped active area semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the same and electronic device including the semiconductor device are provided. According to embodiments, the semiconductor device includes: a channel portion extending vertically on a substrate; source/drain portions located at upper and lower ends of the channel portion relative to the substrate and along the channel portion, wherein the source/drain portion extends toward a side of the channel portion in a lateral direction relative to the substrate, so that the source/drain portions and the channel portion constitute a C-shaped structure; a gate stack that overlaps the channel portion on an inner sidewall of the C-shaped structure, wherein the gate stack has a portion surrounded by the C-shaped structure; and a back gate stack overlapping the channel portion on an outer sidewall of the C-shaped structure.
US11532745B2	Integrated circuit structure including asymmetric, recessed source and drain region and method for forming same Integrated circuit (IC) structures including asymmetric, recessed source and drain regions and methods for forming are provided. In an example, the IC structure includes a substrate, a gate structure over the substrate, first and second spacers contacting respective, opposite sidewalls of the gate structure, and source and drain regions on opposite sides of the gate structure. In one configuration, the source region includes an upper source portion having a first lateral width, and a lower source portion having a second lateral width greater than the first lateral width, and the drain region includes an upper drain portion having a third lateral width, and a lower drain portion having a fourth lateral width that is substantially the same as the third lateral width.
US11532740B2	Semiconductor structure, HEMT structure and method of forming the same A semiconductor structure includes: a channel layer; an active layer over the channel layer, wherein the active layer is configured to form a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) to be formed in the channel layer along an interface between the channel layer and the active layer; a gate electrode over a top surface of the active layer; and a source/drain electrode over the top surface of the active layer; wherein the active layer includes a first layer and a second layer sequentially disposed therein from the top surface to a bottom surface of the active layer, and the first layer possesses a higher aluminum (Al) atom concentration compared to the second layer. An HEMT structure and an associated method are also disclosed.
US11532731B2	Semiconductor devices and methods of manufacture Semiconductor devices and methods of forming semiconductor devices are described herein. A method includes forming a first fin and a second fin in a substrate. A low concentration source/drain region is epitaxially grown over the first fin and over the second fin. The material of the low concentration region has less than 50% by volume of germanium. A high concentration contact landing region is formed over the low concentration regions. The material of the high concentration contact landing region has at least 50% by volume germanium. The high concentration contact landing region has a thickness of at least 1 nm over a top surface of the low concentration source/drain region.
US11532727B2	Method of forming transistor According to another embodiment, a method of forming a transistor is provided. The method includes the following operations: providing a substrate; providing a source over the substrate; providing a channel connected to the source; providing a drain connected to the channel; providing a gate insulator adjacent to the channel; providing a gate adjacent to the gate insulator; providing a first interlayer dielectric between the source and the gate; and providing a second interlayer dielectric between the drain and the gate, wherein at least one of the formation of the source, the drain, and the channel includes about 20-95 atomic percent of Sn.
US11532711B2	PMOSFET source drain A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes a first source/drain epitaxial feature and a second source/drain epitaxial feature each having an outer liner layer and an inner filler layer, a plurality of channel members extending between the first source/drain epitaxial feature and the second source/drain epitaxial feature along a first direction, and a gate structure disposed over and around the plurality of channel members. The plurality of channel members are in contact with the outer liner layer and are spaced apart from the inner filler layer. The outer liner layer comprises germanium and boron and the inner filler layer comprises germanium and gallium.
US11532710B2	Laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor device with isolation structures for recovery charge removal A system and method for a Laterally Diffused Metal Oxide Semiconductor (LDMOS) with Shallow Trench Isolation (STI) in the backgate region of FET with trench contacts is provided. The backgate diffusion region of the FET is split in the middle of the source-backgate side of the LDMOS with a strip of STI. A contact can be drawn across STI strip. The contact etch can be etched through the STI fill. The contact barrier material and trench fill processes can create a metal-semiconductor contact in the outline of the STI.
US11532707B2	Semiconductor device including oxide semiconductor layer Aspects of the present inventive concept provide a semiconductor device capable of enhancing performance and reliability through source/drain engineering in a transistor including an oxide semiconductor layer. The semiconductor device includes a substrate, a metal oxide layer disposed on the substrate, a source/drain pattern being in contact with the metal oxide layer and including a portion protruding from a top surface of the metal oxide layer, a plurality of gate structures disposed on the metal oxide layer with the source/drain pattern interposed therebetween and each including gate spacers and an insulating material layer, the insulating material layer being in contact with the metal oxide layer, and not extending along a top surface of the source/drain pattern, and a contact disposed on the source/drain pattern, the contact being connected to the source/drain pattern.
US11532706B2	Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having embedded GeSnB source or drain structures Gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having embedded GeSnB source or drain structures, and methods of fabricating gate-all-around integrated circuit structures having embedded GeSnB source or drain structures, are described. For example, an integrated circuit structure includes a vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires above a fin, the fin including a defect modification layer on a first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer on the defect modification layer. A gate stack is around the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires. A first epitaxial source or drain structure is at a first end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires, and a second epitaxial source or drain structure is at a second end of the vertical arrangement of horizontal nanowires.
US11532704B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device has a cell part and a terminal part set in the device. The terminal part encloses the cell part. The semiconductor device includes a first electrode, a first semiconductor layer of a first conductive type, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductive type, and an insulating layer. The first semiconductor layer is formed above the first electrode. The second semiconductor layer is provided in an upper portion of the first semiconductor layer, and has an impurity concentration profile along a vertical direction including a plurality of peaks. The insulating layer is provided on the second semiconductor layer.
US11532703B2	Semiconductor device and method In an embodiment, a device includes: a power rail contact; an isolation region on the power rail contact; a first dielectric fin on the isolation region; a second dielectric fin adjacent the isolation region and the power rail contact; a first source/drain region on the second dielectric fin; and a source/drain contact between the first source/drain region and the first dielectric fin, the source/drain contact contacting a top surface of the first source/drain region, a side surface of the first source/drain region, and a top surface of the power rail contact.
US11532701B2	Semiconductor isolation structure and method for making the semiconductor isolation structure A semiconductor isolation structure includes a handle layer, a buried insulation layer, a semiconductor layer, a deep trench isolation structure, and a heavy doping region. The buried insulation layer is disposed on the handle layer. The semiconductor layer is disposed on the buried insulation layer and has a doping type. The semiconductor layer has a functional area in which doped regions of a semiconductor device are to be formed. The deep trench isolation structure penetrates the semiconductor layer and the buried insulation layer, and surrounds the functional area. The heavy doping region is formed in the semiconductor layer, is disposed between the functional area and the deep trench isolation structure, and is surrounded by the deep trench isolation structure. The heavy doping region has the doping type. A doping concentration of the heavy doping region is higher than that of the semiconductor layer.
US11532692B2	Process for tuning via profile in dielectric material A method of forming an integrated circuit structure includes forming a first magnetic layer, forming a first conductive line over the first magnetic layer, and coating a photo-sensitive coating on the first magnetic layer. The photo-sensitive coating includes a first portion directly over the first conductive line, and a second portion offset from the first conductive line. The first portion is joined to the second portion. The method further includes performing a first light-exposure on the first portion of the photo-sensitive coating, performing a second light-exposure on both the first portion and the second portion of the photo-sensitive coating, developing the photo-sensitive coating, and forming a second magnetic layer over the photo-sensitive coating.
US11532686B2	Array substrate, display apparatus, and method of fabricating array substrate An array substrate includes a base substrate; a first thin film transistor on the base substrate and including a first active layer, a first gate electrode, a first source electrode and a first drain electrode; a second thin film transistor on the base substrate and including a second active layer, a second gate electrode, a second source electrode and a second drain electrode; a first gate insulating layer between the first active layer and the first gate electrode; and a second gate insulating layer between the second active layer and the second gate electrode, the second gate insulating layer being different from the first gate insulating layer. The first source electrode, the first drain electrode, and the second gate electrode are in a same layer. The first source electrode and the first drain electrode are on a side of the second gate insulating layer distal to the base substrate.
US11532684B2	Display motherboard, display panel, and fabricating method of display panel The present disclosure provides a display motherboard, a display panel, and a method for fabricating a display panel, wherein the display motherboard includes a plurality of rows of display units, and a first side edge of the display panel is provided with a first row of display units and a second side edge of the display panel is provided with a second row of display units; an electrode overlap area of a storage capacitor of the first row of display units is gradually increased from a second side to a first side of the first row of display units; an electrode overlap area of a storage capacitor of the second row of display units is gradually increased from a first side to a second side of the second row of display units. The present disclosure performs gradual compensation for the storage capacitor with respect to uniform luminance at a low gray scale caused by unevenness in a manufacturing procedure and adjusts a size of the storage capacitor according to a variation amount in the manufacturing procedure, to and ensure that current flowing through each light emitting diode in the display panel is substantively the same, thus improving luminance uniformity of the display panel at a low gray scale.
US11532677B2	OLED display panel reducing parasitic capacitance between common electrodes and touch electrodes and display device The present disclosure provides an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display panel and a display device. The OLED display panel includes a substrate, a driving circuit layer, a planarization layer, a luminescent functional layer, an encapsulation layer, and a touch layer including touch electrodes. The luminescent functional layer includes a pixel electrode layer, a pixel definition layer, a luminescent material layer, and a common electrode layer. The pixel definition layer is patterned to form pixel definition regions and grooves. Projections of the touch electrodes on the substrate and projections of the grooves on the substrate are at least partially overlapped, thereby improving a touch report rate of the OLED display panel.
US11532673B2	Display panel, method of manufacturing display panel, and mask plate The present disclosure relates to a display panel, a method of manufacturing a display panel, and a mask plate. A display panel includes a plurality of first light emitting layers configured to emit a light of a first color when excited; a plurality of second light emitting layers configured to emit a light of a second color when excited; and a plurality of third light emitting layers configured to emit a light of a third color when excited, wherein the first and second light emitting layers are alternately arranged in a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction, and the third light emitting layers are arranged between the first and second light emitting layers, and each of the first and second light emitting layers includes chamfered corners, so that the first and second light emitting layers do not overlap.
US11532671B2	Organic photoelectronic device and image sensor An organic photoelectronic device includes a first electrode and a second electrode facing each other and a light-absorption layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and including a photoelectric conversion region including a p-type light-absorbing material and an n-type light-absorbing material and a doped region including an exciton quencher and at least one of the p-type light-absorbing material and the n-type light-absorbing material, wherein at least one of the p-type light-absorbing material and the n-type light-absorbing material selectively absorbs a part of visible light, and an image sensor includes the same.
US11532664B2	Light emitting diode (LED) stack for a display A light emitting diode (LED) stack for a display including a first LED sub-unit configured to emit a first colored light, a second LED sub-unit disposed on the first LED sub-unit and configured to emit a second colored light, and a third LED sub-unit disposed on at least one of the first LED sub-unit and the second LED sub-unit and configured to emit a third colored light, in which the first LED sub-unit is configured to emit light through the second LED sub-unit and the third LED sub-unit, and the second LED sub-unit is configured to emit light through the third LED sub-unit.
US11532657B2	Image sensor and imaging apparatus having the same An image sensor includes a plurality of pixels configured to receive an optical signal incident through a first lens portion; a planarization layer that has a same refractive index as a refractive index of the first lens portion; a second lens portion that is configured to classify the optical signal incident through the first lens portion according to an incidence angle, and is configured to deliver the optical signal to each of the plurality of pixels; and image processing circuitry configured to generate a subject image by combining one or more subimages obtained from the optical signal, wherein the planarization layer is arranged between the second lens portion and the plurality of pixels.
US11532647B2	Active matrix substrate and display device including the same A layout pattern of a demultiplexer circuit of a display device employing the SSD method is configured as described below. Specifically, demultiplexers in the demultiplexer circuit are grouped with three demultiplexers as one set, and nine transistors as switching elements included in the three demultiplexers of each set are arranged to be aligned in the extending direction of a source line with three transistors as a unit while positions of the nine transistors are sequentially shifted in the vertical direction with respect to the source line. Furthermore, any two adjacent sets are arranged such that a direction in which nine transistors included in one set are shifted in the vertical direction with three transistors as a unit and a direction in which nine transistors in the other set are shifted in the above-described vertical direction with three transistors as a unit are opposite to each other.
US11532641B2	Semiconductor device with ferroelectricity A semiconductor device includes: a stack structure including conductive patterns and insulating layers, which are alternately stacked; a channel structure penetrating the stack structure; and a memory layer penetrating the stack structure, the memory layer being disposed between the channel structure and the stack structure. The memory layer includes memory parts and dummy parts, which are alternately arranged. Each of the memory parts includes a first part between the insulating layers and a second part between the dummy parts. The first part of the memory parts have ferroelectricity.
US11532640B2	Method for manufacturing a three-dimensional memory In an embodiment, a device includes: a first dielectric layer over a substrate; a word line over the first dielectric layer, the word line including a first main layer and a first glue layer, the first glue layer extending along a bottom surface, a top surface, and a first sidewall of the first main layer; a second dielectric layer over the word line; a first bit line extending through the second dielectric layer and the first dielectric layer; and a data storage strip disposed between the first bit line and the word line, the data storage strip extending along a second sidewall of the word line.
US11532629B1	Bent gate logic device An IC includes a first and second active areas (AA) with a second conductivity type, a source and drain region, and an LDD extension to the source and drain in the first AA having a first conductivity type. A first bent-gate transistor includes a first gate electrode over the first AA extending over the corresponding LDD. The first gate electrode includes an angled portion that crosses the first AA at an angle of 45° to 80°. A second transistor includes a second gate electrode over the second AA extending over the corresponding LDD including a second gate electrode that can cross an edge of the second AA at an angle of about 90°. A first pocket distribution of the second conductivity type provides a pocket region under the first gate electrode. A threshold voltage of the first bent-gate transistor is ≥30 mV lower as compared to the second transistor.
US11532628B2	Semiconductor device and method Improved methods for forming gate isolation structures between portions of gate electrodes and semiconductor devices formed by the same are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes forming a channel structure over a substrate; forming a first isolation structure extending in a direction parallel to the channel structure; forming a dummy gate structure over the channel structure and the first isolation structure; depositing a hard mask layer over the dummy gate structure; etching the hard mask layer to form a first opening through the hard mask layer over the first isolation structure; conformally depositing a first dielectric layer over the hard mask layer, in the first opening, and over the dummy gate structure; etching the first dielectric layer to extend the first opening and expose the dummy gate structure; and etching the dummy gate structure to extend the first opening and expose the first isolation structure.
US11532627B2	Source/drain contact structure A semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes a first interconnect structure, a first transistor over the first interconnect structure, a second transistor over the first transistor, and a second interconnect structure over the second transistor. The first transistor includes first nanostructures and a first source region adjoining the first nanostructures. The second transistor includes second nanostructures and a second source region adjoining the second nanostructures. The first source region is coupled to a first power rail in the first interconnect structure, and the second source region is coupled to a second power rail in the second interconnect structure.
US11532615B2	Trimmable resistor circuit and method for operating the trimmable resistor circuit A trimmable resistor circuit and a method for operating the trimmable resistor circuit are provided. The trimmable resistor circuit includes first sources/drains and first gate structures alternatively arranged in a first row, second sources/drains and second gate structures alternatively arranged in a second row, third sources/drains and third gate structures alternatively arranged in a third row, first resistors disposed between the first row and the second row, and second resistors disposed between the second row and the third row. In the method for operating the trimmable resistor circuit, the first gate structures in the first row and the third gate structures in the third row are turned on. Then, the second gate structures in the second row are turned on/off according to a predetermined resistance value.
US11532611B2	Silicon controlled rectifier and method for making the same The application provides a SCR and a manufacturing method thereof. The SCR comprises: a P-type heavily doped region 20 and an N-type heavily doped region 28 forming an anode formed on the upper part of an N-type well 60, a P-type heavily doped region 26 and an N-type heavily doped region 24 forming a cathode formed on the upper part of a P-type well 70, an active region of the N-type well 60 is between the N-type heavily doped region 28 and an interface of the N-type well 60 and the P-type well 70, a STI is provided between the N-type heavily doped region 24 and the interface, the STI is adjacent to the N-type heavily doped region 24, and an active region of the P-type well 70 is provided between the STI and the interface. The present application can improve trigger voltage of the SCR and save layout area.
US11532610B2	Electrostatic discharge protection structure and electrostatic discharge protection circuit with low parasitic capacitance thereof An Electrostatic Discharge protection circuit with low parasitic capacitance is provided, comprising a first bipolar junction transistor and a first ESD power clamp device. The first bipolar junction transistor is an NPN type of bipolar junction transistor, including a base and an emitter commonly connected to an I/O terminal and a collector connected with the first ESD power clamp device. The first ESD power clamp device is further connected to ground, and can be a Zener diode, PNP type, NPN type of bipolar junction transistor or the like. When a positive ESD pulse is injected, an ESD protection path is consisting of the first bipolar junction transistor and the first ESD power clamp device. When a negative ESD pulse is injected, the ESD protection path is consisting of a parasitic silicon controlled rectifier, thereby reducing parasitic capacitance effectively.
US11532609B2	ESD device with fast response and high transient current An electrostatic discharge (ESD) device with fast response to high transient currents. The ESD device includes a short-pulse discharge (SPD) path and a long-pulse discharge (LPD) path. The SPD path provides robust response to ESD events, and it triggers a self-bias configuration of the LPD path. Advantageously, the SPD path reduces the risk of ESD voltage overshoot by promptly discharging short-pulse currents, such as a charge device model (CDM) current, whereas the LPD path provides efficient discharge of long-pulse currents, such as a human body model (HBM) current. In one implementation, for example, the SPD path includes a MOS transistor, and the LPD includes a bipolar transistor having a base coupled to the source of the MOS transistor.
US11532603B2	Display panel and head mounted device The present invention discloses a display panel and a head mounted device. The display panel includes a substrate and a plurality of micro light emitting units. A first position and a second position are defined at an edge and a center of the substrate respectively. The micro light emitting units are arranged and disposed on the substrate. Any two of the micro light emitting units are disposed at the first position and the second position respectively. Wherein each micro light emitting unit defines a luminating top surface, and a reference angle is defined between each luminating top surface and a reference plane respectively. Wherein the reference angle defined between each luminating top surface and the reference plane gradually decreases from the first position to the second position, and the luminating top surface of the micro light emitting unit located at the second position is parallel to the reference surface.
US11532601B2	Group III-N transistors for system on chip (SOC) architecture integrating power management and radio frequency circuits System on Chip (SoC) solutions integrating an RFIC with a PMIC using a transistor technology based on group III-nitrides (III-N) that is capable of achieving high Ft and also sufficiently high breakdown voltage (BV) to implement high voltage and/or high power circuits. In embodiments, the III-N transistor architecture is amenable to scaling to sustain a trajectory of performance improvements over many successive device generations. In embodiments, the III-N transistor architecture is amenable to monolithic integration with group IV transistor architectures, such as planar and non-planar silicon CMOS transistor technologies. Planar and non-planar HEMT embodiments having one or more of recessed gates, symmetrical source and drain, regrown source/drains are formed with a replacement gate technique permitting enhancement mode operation and good gate passivation.
US11532599B2	3D semiconductor device and structure with metal layers A semiconductor device including: a first silicon layer including a first single crystal silicon and a plurality of first transistors; a first metal layer disposed over the first silicon layer; a second metal layer disposed over the first metal layer; a third metal layer disposed over the second metal layer; a second level including a plurality of second transistors, the second level disposed over the third metal layer; a fourth metal layer disposed over the second level; a fifth metal layer disposed over the fourth metal layer, a connection path from the fifth metal layer to the second metal layer, where the connection path includes a via disposed through the second level, where the via has a diameter of less than 450 nm, where the fifth metal layer includes a global power distribution grid, and where a typical thickness of the fifth metal layer is greater than a typical thickness of the second metal layer by at least 50%.
US11532593B2	Embedded stress absorber in package A method includes bonding a first package component over a second package component. The second package component includes a plurality of dielectric layers, and a plurality of redistribution lines in the plurality of dielectric layers. The method further includes dispensing a stress absorber on the second package component, curing the stress absorber, and forming an encapsulant on the second package component and the stress absorber.
US11532584B2	Package substrate with high-density interconnect layer having pillar and via connections for fan out scaling Integrated circuit package substrates with high-density interconnect architecture for scaling high-density routing, as well as related structures, devices, and methods, are generally presented. More specifically, integrated circuit package substrates with fan out routing based on a high-density interconnect layer that may include pillars and vias, and integrated cavities for die attachment are presented. Additionally, integrated circuit package substrates with self-aligned pillars and vias formed on the high-density interconnect layer as well as related methods are presented.
US11532583B2	Semiconductor structure and manufacturing method thereof A method of forming a semiconductor structure is provided. A layout of a substrate is provided. The layout includes a surface having an inner region and an outer region surrounding the inner region. An under bump metallurgy (UBM) pad region within the outer region is defined. The UBM pad region is partitioned into a first zone and a second zone, wherein the first zone faces towards a center of the substrate, and the second zone faces away from the center of the substrate. The substrate is provided according to the layout, wherein the providing of the substrate includes forming a conductive via in the substrate. The conductive via is disposed outside the second zone and at least partially overlaps the first zone from a top view perspective. A UBM pad is formed over the conductive via and within the UBM pad region.
US11532565B2	System on integrated chips and methods of forming the same A semiconductor device and methods of forming are provided. The device includes a second die bonded to a first die and a third die bonded to the first die. An isolation material extends along sidewalls of the second die and the third die. A through via extends from the first die into the isolation material. A first passive device disposed in the isolation material, the first passive device being electrically connected to the first die.
US11532562B2	Routing structure and method of forming the same The present disclosure provides a routing structure. The routing structure includes a substrate having a first circuit region and a boundary surrounding the first circuit region. The routing structure also includes a first conductive trace coupled to a first conductive pad disposed in the first circuit region. The first conductive trace is inclined with respect to the boundary of the substrate. A method of forming a routing structure is also disclosed.
US11532545B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device of an embodiment includes: a plurality of power lines extending in a first direction; and a plurality of cells arrayed along the first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction and having a cell height of an integer multiple of a distance between the power lines adjacent to each other in the second direction, the cell height being a dimension in the second direction, wherein the plurality of cells include: a functional cell that contributes to a function of the semiconductor device; and a capacitance cell including a diffusion region of a first conductivity type and a gate electrode stacked above the diffusion region, and functioning as a decoupling capacitor, the capacitance cell is configured as a multi-height cell having a cell height of two or more times the distance, the capacitance cell includes a plurality of overlapping regions that are regions of the gate electrode overlapping the diffusion region in a stacking direction, the overlapping regions being aligned in the second direction, and the plurality of overlapping regions are arranged in one continuous well of a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type.
US11532544B2	High frequency module having power amplifier mounted on substrate A high frequency module includes a power amplifier and a substrate on which the power amplifier is mounted. The power amplifier includes a first external terminal and a second external terminal formed on a mounting surface. The substrate includes a first land electrode and a second land electrode formed on one principal surface. The first external terminal is connected to the first land electrode, and the second external terminal is connected to the second land electrode. A distance from the mounting surface to a connection surface of the first external terminal is shorter than a distance from the mounting surface to a connection surface of the second external terminal, and a distance from a connection surface of the first land electrode to the one principal surface is longer than a distance from a connection surface of the second land electrode to the one principal surface.
US11532536B2	Mobile phone and other compute device cooling architecture A system for cooling a mobile phone and method for using the system are described. The system includes an active piezoelectric cooling system, a controller and an interface. The active piezoelectric cooling system is configured to be disposed in a rear portion of the mobile phone distal from a front screen of the mobile phone. The controller is configured to activate the active piezoelectric cooling system in response to heat generated by heat-generating structures of the mobile phone. The interface is configured to receive power from a mobile phone power source when the active piezoelectric cooling system is activated.
US11532529B2	Method of manufacturing an integrated fan-out package having fan-out redistribution layer (RDL) to accommodate electrical connectors A method includes forming a through-via from a first conductive pad of a first device die. The first conductive pad is at a top surface of the first device die. A second device die is adhered to the top surface of the first device die. The second device die has a surface conductive feature. The second device die and the through-via are encapsulated in an encapsulating material. The encapsulating material is planarized to reveal the through-via and the surface conductive feature. Redistribution lines are formed over and electrically coupled to the through-via and the surface conductive feature.
US11532523B2	Gapfill structure and manufacturing methods thereof A method includes patterning a trench and depositing a first insulating material along sidewalls and a bottom surface of the trench using a conformal deposition process. Depositing the first insulating material includes forming a first seam between a first portion of the first insulating material on a first sidewall of the trench and a second portion of the first insulating material on a second sidewall of the trench. The method further includes etching the first insulating material below a top of the trench and depositing a second insulating material over the first insulating material and in the trench using a conformal deposition process. Depositing the second insulating material comprises forming a second seam between a first portion of the second insulating material on the first sidewall of the trench and a second portion of the second insulating material on a second sidewall of the trench.
US11532517B2	Localized etch stop layer In one embodiment, a method includes providing a substrate comprising a source/drain contact region and a dummy gate, forming a first etch stop layer aligned to the source/drain contact region, where the first etch stop layer does not cover the dummy gate. The method may include forming a second etch stop layer over the first etch stop layer, the second etch stop layer covering the first etch stop layer and the dummy gate. The method may include converting the dummy gate to a metal gate. The method may include removing the second etch stop layer using a plasma etching process. The method may include removing the first etch stop layer.
US11532493B2	Wet bench and chemical treatment method using the same A wet bench includes an outer tank and an inner tank. The outer tank has a first base plate and a plurality of first sidewalls defining a first containing space. A first portion of the first base plate is higher than a second portion of the first base plate. The inner tank has a portion in the first containing space and extends through the first base plate of the outer tank. The inner tank has a second base plate and a plurality of second sidewalls defining a second containing space.
US11532484B2	Plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing method In order to implement a plasma etching method for improving a tapered shape, a plasma processing apparatus includes: a processing chamber in which a sample is subjected to plasma processing; a first radio frequency power source that supplies radio frequency power for generating a plasma; a sample stage on which the sample is placed; a second radio frequency power source that supplies radio frequency power to the sample stage; and a control unit that controls the first radio frequency power source and the second radio frequency power source so as to etch a stacked film formed by alternately stacking a silicon oxide film and a polycrystalline silicon, or a stacked film formed by alternately stacking a silicon oxide film and a silicon nitride film, by using a plasma generated by a mixed gas of a hydrogen bromide gas, a hydrofluorocarbon gas and a nitrogen element-containing gas.
US11532481B2	Fin field-effect transistor device and method of forming A method of forming a semiconductor device includes: forming a fin protruding above a substrate; forming a gate layer over the fin; and patterning the gate layer in a plasma etching tool using a plasma etching process to form a gate over the fin, where patterning the gate layer includes: turning on and off a top radio frequency (RF) source of the plasma etching tool alternately during the plasma etching process; and turning on and off a bottom RF source of the plasma etching tool alternately during the plasma etching process, where there is a timing offset between first time instants when the top RF source is turned on and respective second time instants when the bottom RF source is turned on.
US11532479B2	Cut metal gate refill with void A gate stack can be etched to form a trench extending through the gate stack, the trench removing a portion of the gate stack to separate the gate stack into a first gate stack portion and a second gate stack portion. A dielectric material is deposited in the trench to form a dielectric region, the dielectric region having an air gap in the dielectric material. The air gap may extend upward from beneath the gate stack to an area interposed between the end of the first gate stack portion and the end of the second gate stack portion. Contacts to the first gate stack portion and contacts to the second gate stack portion may be formed which are electrically isolated from each other by the dielectric material and air gap formed therein.
US11532467B2	Maintenance device A maintenance device has a cover and a fixing member. The cover is in a vacuum atmosphere during substrate processing, is formed to have a size corresponding to a boundary line between a first part and a second part of a processing container, which can be separated into the first part and the second part, or an opening surface separating the first part and the second part, and has airtightness, and visual transparency at least in a part. The fixing member fixes in an airtight manner the cover along the boundary line between the first part and the second part of the processing container or to the opening surface separating the first part and the second part.
US11532461B2	Substrate processing apparatus A substrate processing apparatus includes a processing vessel; a placing table provided within the processing vessel and configured to place a substrate thereon; and a component disposed between the processing vessel and the placing table, the component constituting an anode. The component has a flow path through which a heat exchange medium flows.
US11532459B2	Chemical vapor deposition apparatus with cleaning gas flow guiding member A chemical vapor deposition (CVD) apparatus is provided. The CVD apparatus includes a CVD chamber including multiple wall portions. A pedestal is disposed inside the CVD chamber, configured to support a substrate. A gas inlet port is disposed on one of the wall portions and below a substrate support portion of the pedestal. In addition, a gas flow guiding member is disposed inside the CVD chamber, coupled to the gas inlet port, and configured to dispense cleaning gases from the gas inlet port into the CVD chamber.
US11532454B2	Imaging method and imaging system This invention pertains to an imaging method, the purpose of which is to reveal, over a wide range, information about a plurality of layers contained in a multilayer structure, or form an image of the revealed applicable layers. The method proposed includes: a step in which, while rotating the sample with the axis of the normal line of the sample surface as the axis of rotation, the sample is irradiated with an ion beam from a direction inclined with respect to the normal line direction, via a mask having an opening which selectively allows the passage of an ion beam and which is disposed at a position distant from the sample, thereby forming a hole with a band-shaped sloped surface that is inclined with respect to the sample surface; and a step in which a first image viewed from a direction intersecting with the sloped surface of the applicable layer is formed, on the basis of a signal obtained by irradiating, with a charged particle beam, the applicable layer contained in the band-shaped sloped surface.
US11532447B2	Input device and method for controlling input device An input device includes a first part and a second part configured to move relative to each other according to an input operation, a magnetic viscous fluid whose viscosity changes according to a magnetic field, and a magnetic-field generator that generates the magnetic field applied to the magnetic viscous fluid. The second part includes a first surface and a second surface that are arranged in a direction orthogonal to a direction of relative movement between the first part and the second part. Gaps are formed between the first surface and the first part and between the second surface and the first part, and the magnetic viscous fluid is present in at least a part of the gaps.
US11532441B2	Electrode assembly for an ultracapacitor An electrode assembly for an ultracapacitor is provided. The electrode assembly contains a first electrode comprising a first current collector electrically coupled to a first carbonaceous coating, a second electrode comprising a second current collector electrically coupled to a second carbonaceous coating, and a separator positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode. At least a portion of the first current collector projects beyond the first longitudinal edge to define a first projecting portion, wherein the offset ratio of the first projecting portion is from about 0.02 to about 0.3.
US11532432B2	Choke with busbar winding turns A choke comprising a core and a first power conductor, wherein the first power conductor comprises a first coil winding, having at least one complete turn about the core, characterized that at least one of the least one turns of the first coil winding comprises a rigid first busbar member and a rigid second busbar member.
US11532420B2	Thin film inductor and power conversion circuit A thin film inductor is disclosed, which includes a thin film magnetic core. The thin film magnetic core includes at least one magnetic thin film. In each magnetic thin film, at least one type-1 gap is provided. A length direction of the type-1 gap is parallel to a direction of hard magnetization of the magnetic thin film. If the thin film magnetic core comprises at least two magnetic thin films, the at least two magnetic thin films are laminated and overlap each other. A sum of widths of all type-1 gaps in each magnetic thin film is the same.
US11532415B2	Electronic component and electronic apparatus An electronic component includes: an insulator part (10) of rectangular solid shape; a coil element (32) provided inside the insulator part (10); bottom electrodes (40) provided on a bottom face (14) of the insulator part (10) and electrically connected to the coil element (32); a plating layer (62) provided in a manner overlapping each bottom electrode (40) so that its end (64) on the bottom face (14) is away from the end (42) of the bottom electrode (40); a plating layer (60) which is arranged between the bottom electrode (40) and the plating layer (62) and overlaps the bottom electrode (40), and which is constituted by a metal having lower solder wettability and higher melting point than those of the plating layer (62); and an insulation layer (70) provided on the bottom face (14) in a manner covering the end (42) of the bottom electrode (40).
US11532410B2	Thermistor, method for manufacturing same, and thermistor sensor Provided is a thermistor which has a smaller change in resistance value between before and after a heat resistance test and from which a high B constant is obtained, a method for manufacturing the same, and a thermistor sensor. The thermistor is a thermistor formed on a substrate and includes: an intermediate stacked portion formed on the substrate; and a main metal nitride film layer formed of a thermistor material of a metal nitride on the intermediate stacked portion, wherein the intermediate stacked portion includes a base thermistor layer formed of a thermistor material of a metal nitride and an intermediate oxynitride layer formed on the base thermistor layer, the main metal nitride film layer is formed on the intermediate oxynitride layer, and the intermediate oxynitride layer is a metal oxynitride layer formed through oxidation of the thermistor material of the base thermistor layer immediately below the intermediate oxynitride layer.
US11532407B2	Aluminum conductor alloys having improved creeping resistance The present disclosure concerns aluminum conductor alloys having increased creep resistance, aluminum products comprising same and process using same. In some embodiments, the aluminum conductor alloy comprises, in weight percent: up to about 0.10 Si; up to about 0.5 Fe; up to about 0.30 Cu; between about 0.02 and about 0.1 Mg; up to about 0.04 B; and the balance being aluminum and unavoidable impurities.
US11532404B2	Travelling wave reactor for space exploration A travelling wave reactor for a space exploration. A reactor core of the travelling wave reactor is dispersed into several modules in a travelling wave direction; a new reactor is sequentially provided with a starting source module and a plurality of new fuel modules at zero burnup; all the modules are coaxially assembled in the travelling wave direction by means of an assembling parts, and each module further includes a heat pipe; the heat pipe in each module positioned at a front part sequentially passes through all the modules positioned at a rear portion thereof and extends out of the module at a rear end; and after a period of time of burn-up, the reactor core of the travelling wave reactor is provided with the starting source module, a spent fuel module, a critical fuel module and the new fuel module sequentially in the travelling wave direction.
US11532399B2	Identifying high tissue density in images using machine learning Methods and systems and computer readable media are provided for processing digitized radiology images of a patient's tissue to perform a tissue density assessment. A set of radiology images is analyzed with a tissue density image classifier, wherein the tissue density classifier includes a plurality of classifiers. A features vector is generated, for each processed image in the set of radiology images, based on the processing. The features vector is provided, for each processed image in the set of radiology images, to a tissue density classifier to obtain an output. A final tissue density score is assigned based on the output of the tissue density classifier.
US11532393B2	Comprehensive healthcare data management system A comprehensive health care data management system is provided. In an embodiment, a Medical Data Governance System records, secures, and provides appropriate access to all patient data. By concentrating all available relevant medical data into a single source, and providing a subset of data to each receiving subsystem with the correct source and time reference, the Medical Data Governance System becomes the True Source of Data and guarantees the data consistency through the use of block chain signatures. In another aspect of the invention, a system of servers is provided, which communicate data in real time with white boards stationed in the operating rooms of a healthcare facility. Medical personnel and healthcare facility staff members can view the formatted data on a white board and input new or revised data directly on the white board or at an input station near the white board.
US11532390B2	Method and system for validating parameters in a medical study A method and system for validating a parameter in a medical study are disclosed. The method includes receiving the medical study from a source. A processor determines a first parameter of the medical study to be validated. An imaging protocol is received from a configuration file in an imaging unit. The imaging protocol includes a second parameter corresponding to the first parameter in the medical study. The processor determines if there is a mismatch of the first parameter in the medical study and the second parameter in the imaging protocol. If there is a mismatch, the processor corrects the first parameter in the medical study based on the second parameter in the imaging protocol to validate the medical study.
US11532382B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus comprises a processor. The processor is configured to receive a first number of outputs from the first number of sensors mutually different in response to an odor, obtain a second number of indicators by using the first number of outputs from the first number of sensors, the second number being larger than the first number, obtain the second number of indicator values by using the first number of outputs and the second number of indicators, and discriminate the odor based on the second number of indicator values.
US11532378B2	Protein database search using learned representations A method for efficient search of protein sequence databases for proteins that have sequence, structural, and/or functional homology with respect to information derived from a search query. The method involves transforming the protein sequences into vector representations and searching in a vector space. Given a database of protein sequences and a learned embedding model, the embedding model is applied to each amino acid sequence to transform it into a sequence of vector representations. A query sequence is also transformed into a sequence of vector representations, preferably using the same learned embedding model. Once the query has been embedded in this manner, proteins are retrieved from the database based on distance between the query embedding and the protein embeddings contained within the database. Rapid and accurate search of the vector space is carried out using exact search using metric data structures, or approximate search using locality sensitive hashing.
US11532377B2	Systems and methods for modeling a protein parameter for understanding protein interactions and generating an energy map Systems and methods for modeling a three-dimensional protein structure are disclosed. The method includes receiving a primary amino acid sequence of a three-dimensional protein, translating the primary amino acid sequence to a first vector, determining a per-residue conformation index for each amino acid residue in the primary amino acid sequence, determining a vector set for each amino acid residue in the primary amino acid sequence, and using the per-residue interaction vector set to generate a multi-dimensional matrix for the three-dimensional protein structure. The first vector includes a unique numerical descriptor value corresponding to each amino acid residue in the primary amino acid sequence. The vector set includes a plurality per-residue interaction factors corresponding to a plurality of conformation indexes for that amino acid residue.
US11532376B2	Repair analysis circuit and memory including the same A memory may include a first repair analysis circuit suitable for storing an input fail address when the input fail address is different from a fail address which is already stored in the first repair analysis circuit, and outputting the input fail address as a first transfer fail address when a storage capacity of the first repair analysis circuit is full; and a second repair analysis circuit suitable for storing the first transfer fail address when the first transfer fail address is different from a fail address which is already stored in the second repair analysis circuit.
US11532374B2	Memory testing The disclosure relates to a method and system for memory testing to detect memory errors during operation of a memory module. Example embodiments include a method of detecting an error in a memory module (101), the method comprising the sequential steps of: i) receiving (302) a request from a processor executing an application for a read or write operation at a location of the memory module (101) identified by an address; ii) outputting data (304) from, or writing to, the location of the memory module (101); iii) generating (306) by an error detection module (102) a further read request for the location of the memory module (101) identified by the address; iv) receiving (307) at the error detection module (102) an error correction code from the memory module (101) for the location identified by the address; and vi) providing (311) by the error detection module (102) an alert output for the address if the error correction code indicates an error.
US11532372B2	Remote SSD debug via host/serial interface and method of executing the same Memory systems and method of operating the same enable debugging of a memory system with vendor unique (VU) commands without using a physical cable connection to a debugging port on the memory system. In one aspect, a Universal Asynchronous Receiver-Transmitter (UART) protocol is serialized over a VU host protocol. In another aspect, Joint Test Action Group (JTAG) may be performed over UART or serial advanced technology attachment (SATA).
US11532365B2	Operation method of nonvolatile memory device An operation method of a nonvolatile memory device includes receiving a read command and an address, increasing a voltage applied to an unselected word line from an off voltage to a read pass voltage during a setup phase in response to the read command, increasing a voltage applied to an unselected string selection line from the off voltage to a pre-pulse voltage during a first setup phase of the setup phase, increasing a voltage applied to an unselected ground selection line from the off voltage to the pre-pulse voltage during the first setup phase, applying a read voltage to a selected word line to read data corresponding to the address, during a sensing phase following the setup phase, and outputting the read data through data lines after the sensing phase. During the setup phase, a slope of the voltage applied to the unselected word line is varied.
US11532362B2	Semiconductor memory device and method for driving the same A semiconductor memory device according to an embodiment includes a peripheral circuit part supplied with a first voltage, a core circuit part supplied with a second voltage greater than the first voltage, a pre-decoder provided in the peripheral circuit part, input with a signal and outputting a one-hot signal corresponding to the signal, a first wiring provided in the peripheral circuit part, electrically connected to the pre-decoder, and supplied with the one-hot signal, a second wiring provided in the core circuit part, a level shifter provided in the peripheral circuit part, supplied with a first voltage and a second voltage, and transferring the one-hot signal from the first wiring in the peripheral circuit part to the second wiring in the core circuit part, and a memory cell array provided in the core circuit part and operating based on the transferred one-hot signal.
US11532353B2	Circuitry apportioning of an integrated circuit According to one implementation of the present disclosure, an integrated circuit comprises a memory macro unit that includes an input/output (I/O) circuit block, where read/write circuitry of the I/O circuit block is apportioned on at least first and second tiers of the memory macro unit. In a particular implementation, read circuitry of the read/write circuitry is arranged on the first tier and write circuitry of the read/write circuitry is arranged on the second tier.
US11532351B2	Memory device with additional write bit lines A memory device is provided. The memory device includes a plurality of memory cells arranged in a matrix of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. A first column of the plurality of columns of the matrix includes a first plurality of memory cells of the plurality of memory cells, a first pair of bit lines connected to each of the first plurality of bit cells, and a second pair of bit lines connectable to the first pair of bit lines through a plurality of switches.
US11532346B2	Apparatuses and methods for access based refresh timing Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to apparatuses and methods for scheduling targeted refreshes in a memory device. Memory cells in a memory device may be volatile and may need to be periodically refreshed as part of an auto-refresh operation. In addition, certain rows may experience faster degradation, and may need to undergo targeted refresh operations, where a specific targeted refresh address is provided and refreshed. The rate at which targeted refresh operations need to occur may be based on the rate at which memory cells are accessed. The memory device may monitor accesses to a bank of the memory, and may use a count of the accesses to determine if an auto-refresh address or a targeted refresh address will be refreshed.
US11532342B1	Non-linear polar material based differential multi-memory element bit-cell A high-density low voltage ferroelectric (or paraelectric) memory bit-cell that includes a planar ferroelectric or paraelectric capacitor. The memory bit-cell comprises 1T1C configuration, where a plate-line is parallel to a word-line, or the plate-line is parallel to a bit-line. The memory bit-cell can be 1TnC, where ‘n’ is a number. In a 1TnC bit-cell, the capacitors are vertically stacked allowing for multiple values to be stored in a single bit-cell. The memory bit-cell can be multi-element FE gain bit-cell. In a multi-element FE gain bit-cell, data sensing is done with signal amplified by a gain transistor in the bit-cell. As such, higher storage density is realized using multi-element FE gain bit-cells. In some examples, the 1T1C, 1TnC, and multi-element FE gain bit-cells are multi-level bit-cells. To realize multi-level bit-cells, the capacitor is placed in a partially switched polarization state by applying different voltage levels or different time pulse widths at the same voltage level.
US11532338B1	Mediating between asynchronous clock domains while preventing false indications of FIFO occupancy An electronic circuit includes a memory buffer and control logic. The memory buffer is configured to transfer data from a first domain to a second domain of the circuit, the first and the second domains operate in synchronization with respective clock signals. The control logic is configured to maintain a write indicator in the first domain indicative of a next write position in the memory buffer for storing data, to maintain a read indicator in the second domain indicative of a next read position in the memory buffer for retrieving the stored data, to generate in the second domain, based on the write and the read indicators, a first signal that is indicative of whether the memory buffer has data for reading or has become empty, and retain the first signal in a state that indicates that the memory buffer has become empty, until writing to the memory buffer resumes.
US11532337B1	Multilevel content addressable memory, multilevel coding method of and multilevel searching method A multilevel content addressable memory, a multilevel coding method and a multilevel searching method are provided. The multilevel coding method includes the following steps. A highest decimal value of a multilevel-bit binary data is obtained. A length of a digital string data is set as being the highest decimal value of the multilevel-bit binary data. The multilevel-bit binary data is converted into the digital string data. If a content of the multilevel-bit binary data is an exact value, a number of an indicating bit in the digital string data is the exact value.
US11532333B1	Smart summarization, indexing, and post-processing for recorded document presentation Systems and methods for providing summarization, indexing, and post-processing of a recorded document presentation are provided. The system accesses a structured document and recordings associated with a recorded presentation given using the structured document. The system analyzes, using machine-trained models, the structured document, audio and video recordings, and recording of operations performed during the presentation. The analyzing comprises generating a transcript of the audio recording, determining context of components of the structured document, and deriving context from the video recordings and recording of operations. Based on the analyzing, the system segments the recorded presentation into a plurality of segments and generates an index of the plurality of segments that is used for post-processing.
US11532332B2	Video content collection and usage system and method A video content collection system for equipping non-technical users with a content collection platform on a computing device having a camera, such as a mobile phone or tablet, that creates custom strategic video stories maximizing story-craft toward a particular aim and possibly having a positive effect on individuals involved in the stories. The platform allows for the creation of custom videos according to a selected template following a storytelling framework. The custom videos are compiled, potentially with release forms and a default arrangement following the storytelling framework and provided to a final content generation system to generate the final content and save it in a data store accessible to the computing device. The final content generation system, internally or externally to the computing device, performs editing tasks to return a final video or generates desired final content based on scoring of the custom video and processed data therefrom.
US11532327B2	Reader fly height control for head burnishing mitigation A storage device includes a controller that determines a degree of data degradation for a data track targeted by a pending read command and sets a head/media clearance parameter for execution of the read command based on the determined degree of data degradation for the data track, the head/media clearance parameter providing for a greater head-media separation when the determined level of degradation is lower than when the determined level of degradation is higher.
US11532312B2	User-perceived latency while maintaining accuracy Disclosed speech recognition techniques improve user-perceived latency while maintaining accuracy by: receiving an audio stream, in parallel, by a primary (e.g., accurate) speech recognition engine (SRE) and a secondary (e.g., fast) SRE; generating, with the primary SRE, a primary result; generating, with the secondary SRE, a secondary result; appending the secondary result to a word list; and merging the primary result into the secondary result in the word list. Combining output from the primary and secondary SREs into a single decoder as described herein improves user-perceived latency while maintaining or improving accuracy, among other advantages.
US11532308B2	Speech-to-text system Systems and methods for processing speech transcription in a speech processing system are disclosed. A first transcription of a first utterance is received. In response to receiving an indication of an erroneous transcribed word in the first transcription, a control circuitry automatically activates an audio receiver for receiving a second utterance. In response to receiving the second utterance, an audio file of the second utterance and an indication of a location of the erroneous transcribed word within the first transcription is transmitted to a speech recognition system for a second transcription of the second utterance. Subsequently, the erroneous transcribed word in the first transcription is replaced with a transcribed word from the second transcription.
US11532307B2	Image processing apparatus and method The present disclosure discloses an image processing device including: a receiving module configured to receive a voice signal and an image to be processed; a conversion module configured to convert the voice signal into an image processing instruction and determine a target area according to a target voice instruction conversion model, in which the target area is a processing area of the image to be processed; and a processing module configured to process the target area according to the image processing instruction and a target image processing model. The examples may realize the functionality of using voice commands to control image processing, which may save users' time spent in learning image processing software prior to image processing, and improve user experience.
US11532302B2	Pre-voice separation/recognition synchronization of time-based voice collections based on device clockcycle differentials Methods and devices for conducting, based on a clock difference, a synchronization process on voice information collected by a plurality of voice collection devices. Then, after the synchronization process is performed on the voice information collected by the plurality of voice collection devices, conducting a voice separation and recognition process on voice information that was collected by the plurality of voice collection devices and synchronized based on the clock difference among the plurality of voice collection devices.
US11532299B2	Language model biasing modulation Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for modulating language model biasing. In some implementations, context data is received. A likely context associated with a user is determined based on at least a portion of the context data. One or more language model biasing parameters based at least on the likely context associated with the user is selected. A context confidence score associated with the likely context based on at least a portion of the context data is determined. One or more language model teasing parameters based at least on the context confidence score is adjusted. A baseline language model based at least on the one or more of the adjusted language model biasing parameters is biased. The baseline language model is provided for use by an automated speech recognizer (ASR).
US11532293B2	System and method for generating harmonious color sets from musical interval data Systems and methods are disclosed for generating color sets based on musical concepts of pitch intervals and harmony. Color sets are derived via a music-to-hue process which analyzes musical pitch data associated with musical input to determine pitch intervals included in the music. Pitch interval angles associated with the pitch intervals are applied to a tuned hue index to identify hue note ordered within the index which are separated by a hue interval angle similar to the pitch angle associated with the analyzed pitch data. The systems and methods provide for the creation of color sets which are analogous to musical chords in that they include multiple hue notes selected based on hue interval angles derived from musical interval angles associated with the received musical input.
US11532281B2	Electronic device capable of reducing peripheral circuit area A display panel includes a first shift register, a first demultiplexer, a plurality of first gate lines, and a plurality of rows of first sub-pixels. The first shift register outputs a first shift signal. The first demultiplexer is coupled to the first shift register and receives the first shift signal and outputs a plurality of first gate driving signals. The plurality of first gate lines receive the plurality of first gate driving signals. Each row of first sub-pixels is coupled to a corresponding first gate line of the plurality of first gate lines. The first sub-pixels of the same row emit light of a same color.
US11532280B2	Organic light emitting diode display device supporting variable frame mode, and method of operating organic light emitting diode display device An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device supporting a variable frame mode includes an OLED display panel, a data driver configured to provide a data signal to the OLED display panel, a scan driver configured to provide a scan signal to the OLED display panel, an emission driver configured to provide an emission control signal to the OLED display panel, and a controller configured to control the data driver, the scan driver and the emission driver, to count a time of a current frame, and to control the emission driver to decrease an off period ratio of the emission control signal as the counted time of the current frame increases.
US11532275B2	Display device including distributed drivers A display device including: first pixels connected to a first write line and a first compensation line; second pixels connected to a second write line and a second compensation line; third pixels connected to a third write line and a third compensation line; fourth pixels connected to a fourth write line and a fourth compensation line; fifth pixels connected to a fifth write line and a fifth compensation line; sixth pixels connected to a sixth write line and a sixth compensation line; seventh pixels connected to a seventh write line and a seventh compensation line; and eighth pixels connected to an eighth write line and an eighth compensation line, the first to fourth compensation lines are connected to a first node, the fifth and sixth compensation lines are connected to a second node, the seventh and eighth compensation lines are connected to a third node.
US11532273B2	Method and device of obtaining electrical data of pixel unit, and array substrate An array substrate comprising a plurality of pixel units and an external compensation circuit; wherein, for each pixel unit of the plurality of pixel units, the pixel unit comprises a detection switch device, and the pixel unit is connected to a corresponding input end of a multiplexer of the external compensation circuit through the detection switch device; the external compensation circuit is configured: to acquire first data in a case that the detection switch device is opened, the first data comprising noise data caused by a level jump of the multiplexer of the external compensation circuit; to acquire second data in a case that the detection switch device is closed, the second data comprising the noise data and electrical data of the pixel unit; and to obtain the electrical data according to the first data and the second data.
US11532272B2	Pixel and organic light-emitting display apparatus A pixel includes a light-emitting device, a driving TFT for controlling a magnitude of a current from a power line to the light-emitting device according to a gate-source voltage, a storage capacitor disposed between the power line and a gate of the driving TFT, a scan TFT to transfer a data voltage to a source of the driving TFT in response to a first signal, first and second compensation TFTs serially connected between a drain and the gate of the driving TFT, a gate initialization TFT to apply a first voltage to the gate of the driving TFT in response to a second signal, an anode initialization TFT to apply a second voltage to an anode of the light-emitting device in response to a third signal, and a shield capacitor disposed between a node between the first and second compensation TFTs and the power line or a second voltage line.
US11532269B2	Display system and display control method for low frequency driving and low power driving A display system including a host processor and a display driver integrated circuit may be provided. The host processor may generate a clock signal that swings swinging between a high level and a low level, generate and output a first synchronization signal based on the clock signal, generate a wakeup interrupt by measuring a frame update period of a display panel, generates frame data based on the first synchronization signal by enabling an image providing path based on the wakeup interrupt, and output the frame data for every frame update period. The display driver integrated circuit may receive the first synchronization signal and the frame data from the host processor, and control the display panel such that a frame image corresponding to the frame data is displayed on the display panel based on the first synchronization signal without storing the frame data.
US11532264B2	Driving backplane and method for manufacturing the same, and display panel A driving backplane includes a base, electroplating electrodes and driving electrodes. The base has first through holes in a sub-pixel region. The electroplating electrodes are disposed in the sub-pixel region, and at least a portion of each electroplating electrode is disposed within a respective one of the first through holes. The driving electrodes are disposed in the sub-pixel region and on a first side of the base, and each driving electrode is connected to a respective one of the electroplating electrodes.
US11532263B2	Method and device for monitoring luminous intensity of display pixel A method and device for monitoring luminous intensity of display pixel is provided. The device includes self-luminous LED display, optical glue, photo-detecting array film and processing chip. The optical glue is attached to lower surface of the self-luminous LED display. The photo-detecting array film is disposed under the optical glue. The self-luminous LED display includes display pixels. Each display pixel includes a luminescent layer. The refractive index of the optical glue is smaller than that of the cover glass. The device uses the optical glue to filter the reflected light in the effective area corresponding to each display pixel. After that, the processing chip calculates the luminous intensity of the display pixel according to the first reflected optical signal detected by the photo-detecting array film. When it is determined that the luminous intensity of the display pixel is not changed in the preset period, a feedback signal is transmitted.
US11532259B2	Row driver configuration An electronic display includes an active area including multiple pixels. The electronic display also includes a first row driver set including a first column of row drivers and a second column of row drivers. A first active row driver in the first column of row drivers drives a first portion of the multiple pixels, and a first spare row driver in the second column of row drivers is in an inactive state. The electronic display also includes a second row driver set including a third column of row drivers and a fourth column of row drivers. A third active row driver in the third column of row drivers drives a second portion of the multiple pixels, and a second spare row driver in the fourth column of row drivers is inactive.
US11532256B2	Display assembly, display apparatus, and display method and transmission method of data signal A display apparatus comprises a display assembly and a main control chip. The display assembly comprises K timing controllers, K data driving circuits and a display panel. Each timing controller is configured to receive a set of pixel data among K sets of pixel data into which an i-th row of pixel data in a frame of image data are divided. A data driving circuit in the K data driving circuits is configured to receive the set of pixel data from a corresponding timing controller and output a set of data voltages. The display panel is configured to receive K sets of data voltages for display. The main control chip comprises a processor configured to receive the frame of image data, divide the i-th row of pixel data into the K sets of pixel data, and simultaneously transmit the K sets of pixel data to the K timing controllers.
US11532242B2	Motivator: an online motivation system for learning teams This online motivation system is not a learning method. It enables an educator to deliver an identical virtual reward, called a bonus, to every member of a learning team. The learning team consists of learners and their tutors assembled by the educator for online game play in the reward environment. The educator tasks the learner with goals in the learning environment and tasks the tutor with helping the learner to succeed. When the learner demonstrates satisfactory progress in the learning environment, every learning team member receives the virtual bonus in the reward environment. When the educator notifies the system of unsatisfactory progress by the learner, the system communicates penalty imposition while removing the virtual bonus from every learning team member. The system automatically restores the virtual bonus to the learning team. In this way, the educator rewards learners for doing assigned work and rewards the tutors for helping the learners.
US11532241B1	Simulation based training system for measurement of cognitive load to automatically customize simulation content In one example embodiment of the invention, a simulation based training system is provided having a sensor that unobtrusively collects objective data for individuals and teams experiencing training content to determine the cognitive states of individuals and teams; time-synchronizes the various data streams; automatically determines granular and objective measures for individual cognitive load (CL) of individuals and teams; and automatically determines a cognitive load balance (CLB) and a relative cognitive load (RCL) measure in real or near-real time. Data is unobtrusively gathered through physiological or other activity sensors such as electroencephalogram (EEG) and electrocardiogram (ECG) sensors. Some embodiments are further configured to also include sociometric data in the determining cognitive load. Sociometric data may be obtained through the use of sociometric badges. Some embodiments further automatically customize the simulation content by automatically selecting content based on the CL of the individuals and teams.
US11532238B2	Custom aircraft trajectory with a terrain awareness and warning system Avionics systems, aircraft, and methods are provided. An avionics system for an aircraft includes a trajectory modeling system and a Terrain Awareness Warning System (TAWS). The trajectory modeling system is programmed to determine a current performance capability of the aircraft and to generate potential escape data based on the current performance capability of the aircraft. The TAWS is programmed to generate a terrain margin using a TAWS algorithm based on the potential escape data and to generate a warning based on the terrain margin.
US11532235B2	Systems and methods for providing deviation assistance on an integrated flight management display A flight deck system for providing task management assistance in managing the flight path to the flight crew is provided. The system is configured to: mine flight plan data for a current flight plan, navigational data, and vertical situation display (VSD) data; obtain notification data items originating from onboard avionics systems and systems external to the aircraft that indicate upcoming conditions that will affect the current flight plan; automatically analyze the mined flight plan data and the notification data items to identify a sensed deviation condition; automatically identify an aircraft-related deviation condition from an aircraft failure event; receive flight crew notification of a non-sensed deviation condition; automatically generate a plurality of flight plan deviation options to accommodate a sensed deviation condition, an aircraft-related deviation condition, or a non-sensed deviation condition; and present graphical elements representative of the flight plan deviation options to the flight crew on an integrated interactive graphical user interface.
US11532229B2	Vehicle and network assisted parking A system communicates with a plurality of vehicles onsite at a parking garage. The system determines an eventual intended destination for each respective vehicle of the plurality of vehicles and determines a path through the garage for each respective vehicle, to the destination for the respective vehicle. The system may segment the path into a plurality of shorter tasks for the respective vehicle, wherein each task moves the respective vehicle along the path until a point where the respective vehicle encounters an obstruction and instruct the respective vehicle to execute the shorter tasks for the respective vehicle.
US11532226B2	System and method for acoustically identifying gunshots fired indoors A system and method for acoustically detecting the firing of gunshots indoors employs multiple microphones (15, 20) which are utilized individually and in combination to detect sounds inside a building or other structure and, upon sensing a loud impulsive sound which is indicative of a gunshot, processing signals from both microphones (15, 20) to determine if the sound is that of a gunshot. The system and method relies on the acoustic signature of the noise as collected, with the acoustic signature being analyzed to arrive at values which are then compared to adjustable levels that signify a gunshot.
US11532223B1	Vulnerable social group danger recognition detection method based on multiple sensing The present invention relates to a multi-sensing-based vulnerable social group danger recognition detection method of sensing a person being monitored and residence states in real time in a vulnerable social group residence, and, if an analysis result based on the sensed information corresponds to a dangerous situation, transmitting information thereabout to a guardian or related organizations so as to quickly respond thereto. In addition, the present invention is configured to include operations S100 to S800 of receiving sensing information from a sensing means (100) comprised of one or more sensors, analyzing the sensing information, and transmitting, to a central server (300), a dangerous-situation analysis information result of a person being monitored and an alarm signal according thereto.
US11532217B2	Alarm device distinguishing between lawful occupier and intruder An opening detection device for an opening element such as a door or window including a module that is applied to an inner side of the opening element, wherein the module includes means for detecting movement of the opening element, first presence detection means forming a conical beam defining what is termed a trust perimeter encompassing an operating distance over which an operator operates the mechanism for opening the opening element on the first side of the opening element, second presence detection means for detecting a presence on what is termed a mistrust perimeter circumscribed around the opening element and means for processing data from the detection means, for memory storage and for computation that are connected to the detection means.
US11532216B2	Collapsible warning device and method for emitting a light signal The present disclosure concerns a warning device comprising a warning body having a longitudinal axis and comprising a light-emitting assembly; and a collapsible stand configurable in a compacted configuration and in a warning configuration in which the light-emitting assembly is at least partially visible. The collapsible stand comprises a handle sleeve mounted to and slidable along the warning body and legs pivotably mounted to the handle sleeve, the legs being juxtaposed against the warning body when the collapsible stand is in the compacted configuration to cover the warning body and the legs extending outwardly and downwardly when the collapsible stand is in the warning configuration, the collapsible stand being configurable between the compacted configuration and the warning configuration by sliding the handle sleeve along the warning body. The disclosure also concerns a warning assembly comprising such a warning device and a method of emitting a warning light signal.
US11532213B2	Game system, typing game apparatus and server A game system includes: a typing game apparatus; and a server, wherein: the server includes: a server communication unit for communicating with the typing game apparatus; a clock unit for clocking the time and date; a storage unit for storing game data with a definite usable term for use in the typing game; a time limit judgment unit for judging expired data that an usable term of game data passes; and a command unit for issuing a deletion command for deleting the expired data based on the judgment result to the typing game apparatus; and the typing game apparatus includes: a game communication unit for communicating with the server; a game control unit for controlling a typing game; a data storage unit for storing the game data; and a data management unit for deleting the expired data based on the deletion command.
US11532210B2	Gaming machine having separated feature games A gaming machine having three displays of (1) five mechanical reels, (2) five video reels and (3) a single multi-slice wheel. Gaming interaction between the three displays provides a base game on the mechanical reels from which (1) a first spinning-reel-type bonus game is triggered and (2) a second wheel-type bonus game is triggered.
US11532209B2	Wheel bonus system for games A bonus providing element distinct from an underlying game enables bonus awards to players at two or more player positions of the underlying game based upon receipt of a predetermined triggering outcome in the underlying game by the bonus providing element providing an indication of at least three individual random indicators, such as: a) a first random indicator configured to provide an identification of a first award to be awarded to qualifying players of the players of the underlying game; b) a second random indicator configured to provide an identification of a single one of the two or more player positions; and c) a third random indicator configured to provide an identification of a second award to be awarded to the player at the single one of the two or more player positions indicated by the second random indictor.
US11532208B2	Gaming machine with concurrent activatable wager options and individually selectable wager amounts In a gaming machine, a first display area displays a plurality of wager options. A wager selection mechanism is operable by a player to select more than one of the wager options to be activated concurrently and to individually select wager amounts to apply to each selected wager option. A second display area displays a game outcome of a spinning reel game of chance. A game outcome evaluator evaluates the game outcome based on each of the concurrently activated wager options and respective ones of the individually selected wager amounts.
US11532201B2	Mechanical wheel with rotatable mechanical bezel Disclosed are embodiments of a mechanical wheel display assembly including a mechanical rotatable bezel surrounding a mechanical wheel. The mechanical wheel display input assembly is suitable for use in a gaming terminal, a gaming cabinet or a gaming machine. Direction and speed of a manual rotation of the bezel is detected and interpreted. The result may be used to control various aspects of operation of the gaming terminal, gaming cabinet or gaming machine, including providing input for game play. The mechanical wheel may be rotated in real-time to reflect the rotation of the bezel. A motor may be coupled to the rotatable bezel to provide resistance, assistance or operator feedback.
US11532192B2	Door system with authentication and activation A detection sensor or a user device is used to aid in providing authentication and activation of a door system when a user tries to access the door for ingress and egress. Operating parameters of the door systems may be set to allow ingress and egress only when a user is identified and authorized. As such, the operating parameters of the door systems may include authentication and activation parameters such that the door systems are controlled, at least in part, based on the presence of a user and/or a user device and the identification of the specific user. As such operating parameters may be different for different users or types of users. Moreover, the user device may be used to authenticate a user and control ingress and egress through the door automatically or through an authentication action taken by the user.
US11532183B1	Identification verification system and related methods Another aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method for identification verification. The method may include receiving, from a computing device, a request for identification verification of an individual at a web server. The web server may include an orientation verification module and a facial recognition module. The method may include receiving at a database an identification card image and a picture image. The method may include verifying an orientation of the identification card image is oriented relative to an accepted orientation using the orientation verification module. The method may include, if the identification card image is not oriented relative to the accepted orientation, using the web server, iteratively rotating the identification card image in one or more increments and assessing if the identification card image is oriented at the accepted orientation until the identification card image is oriented at the accepted orientation.
US11532180B2	Image processing method and device and storage medium The present disclosure relates to an image processing method and device, an electronic apparatus and a storage medium. The method comprises: acquiring an iris image group comprising at least two iris images to be compared; detecting iris locations in the iris images and segmentation results of iris areas in the iris images; performing multi-scale feature extraction and multi-scale feature fusion on an image area corresponding to the iris locations, to obtain iris feature maps corresponding to the iris images; performing comparison using the segmentation results and the iris feature maps respectively corresponding to the at least two iris images, and determining whether the at least two iris images correspond to the same object based on a comparison result of the comparison. Embodiments of the present disclosure realize accurate comparison of iris images.
US11532177B2	Face verification method and apparatus A face verification method and apparatus is disclosed. The face verification method includes selecting a current verification mode, from among plural verification modes, to be implemented for the verifying of the face, determining one or more recognizers, from among plural recognizers, based on the selected current verification mode, extracting feature information from information of the face using at least one of the determined one or more recognizers, and indicating whether a verification is successful based on the extracted feature information.
US11532169B1	Distracted driving detection using a multi-task training process Disclosed are a multi-task training technique and resulting model for detecting distracted driving. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising inputting a plurality of labeled examples into a multi-task network, the multi-task network comprising: a backbone network, the backbone network generating one or more feature vectors corresponding to each of the labeled examples, and a plurality of prediction heads coupled to the backbone network; minimizing a joint loss based on outputs of the plurality of prediction heads, the minimizing the joint loss causing a change in parameters of the backbone network; and storing a distraction classification model after minimizing the joint loss, the distraction classification model comprising the parameters of the backbone network and parameters of at least one of the prediction heads.
US11532161B2	Portable computing device installed in or mountable to a shopping cart A computing device installed in or mountable to a shopping cart, includes a camera configured to capture an image, and a processor configured to acquire commodity data of a registered commodity, when an object is placed in the shopping cart, perform object recognition on an image of the object captured by the camera, and determine whether the recognized object is a commodity corresponding to the acquired commodity data, and upon determining that the recognized object is not the commodity corresponding to the acquired commodity data, issue a request for displaying a message instructing registration of the recognized object as a registered commodity.
US11532158B2	Methods and systems for customized image and video analysis Preferred embodiments described herein relate to a pipeline framework that allows for customized analytic processes to be performed on multiple streams of videos. An analytic takes data as input and performs a set of operations and transforms it into information. The methods and systems disclosed herein include a framework (1) that allows users to annotate and create variable datasets, (2) to train computer vision algorithms to create custom models to accomplish specific tasks, (3) to pipeline video data through various computer vision modules for preprocessing, pattern recognition, and statistical analytics to create custom analytics, and (4) to perform analysis using a scalable architecture that allows for running analytic pipelines on multiple streams of videos.
US11532157B2	System, method and apparatus for object identification The present disclosure provides a system, a method and an apparatus for object identification, capable of solving the problem in the related art that a system for centralized control and management of unmanned vehicles may not be able to identify an object effectively. The system for object identification includes a sensing device, a control device and one or more unmanned vehicles. The control device is configured to determine an object not belonging to a predetermined category as an unknown object by performing object identification based on sensed data; mark the unknown object in the sensed data including the unknown object; determine an unmanned vehicle within a predetermined range from the unknown object; transmit the sensed data with the marked unknown object and an instruction to identify the unknown object to the determined unmanned vehicle; receive a feedback message from the unmanned vehicle, and when the feedback message carries information on an object category, save the information on the object category and mark a category of the unknown object as the saved object category.
US11532155B1	Methods and devices for earth remote sensing using stereoscopic hyperspectral imaging in the visible (VIS) and infrared (IR) bands A hyperspectral stereoscopic CubeSat with computer vision and artificial intelligence capabilities consists of a device and a data processing methodology. The device comprises a number of VIS-NIR-TIR hyperspectral sensors, a central processor with memory, a supervisor system running independently of the imager system, radios, a solar panel and battery system, and an active attitude control system. The device is launched into low earth orbit to capture, process, and transmit stereoscopic hyperspectral imagery in the visible and infrared portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The processing methodology therein comprises computer vision and convolutional neural network algorithms to perform spectral feature identification and data transformations.
US11532151B2	Vision-LiDAR fusion method and system based on deep canonical correlation analysis A vision-LiDAR fusion method and system based on deep canonical correlation analysis are provided. The method comprises: collecting RGB images and point cloud data of a road surface synchronously; extracting features of the RGB images to obtain RGB features; performing coordinate system conversion and rasterization on the point cloud data in turn, and then extracting features to obtain point cloud features; inputting point cloud features and RGB features into a pre-established and well-trained fusion model at the same time, to output feature-enhanced fused point cloud features, wherein the fusion model fuses RGB features to point cloud features by using correlation analysis and in combination with a deep neural network; and inputting the fused point cloud features into a pre-established object detection network to achieve object detection. A similarity calculation matrix is utilized to fuse two different modal features.
US11532148B2	Image processing system An image processing system comprises a template matching engine (TME). The TME reads an image from the memory; and as each pixel of the image is being read, calculates a respective feature value of a plurality of feature maps as a function of the pixel value. A pre-filter is responsive to a current pixel location comprising a node within a limited detector cascade to be applied to a window within the image to: compare a feature value from a selected one of the plurality of feature maps corresponding to the pixel location to a threshold value; and responsive to pixels for all nodes within a limited detector cascade to be applied to the window having been read, determine a score for the window. A classifier, responsive to the pre-filter indicating that a score for a window is below a window threshold, does not apply a longer detector cascade to the window before indicating that the window does not comprise an object to be detected.
US11532142B2	Planar prediction mode New intra planar modes are introduced for predicting digital video data. As part of the new intra planar modes, various methods are offered for predicting a first sample within a prediction unit, where the first sample is needed for referencing to when processing the new intra planar modes. And once the first sample is successfully predicted, the new intra planar modes are able to predict a sample of video data within the prediction unit by processing a bi-linear interpolation of four previously reconstructed reference samples.
US11532140B2	Audio content of a digital object associated with a geographical location A geographical location of a user device is determined. It is determined that the geographical location of the user device matches a digital element based on a distance difference between the geographical location of the user device and a geographical location of the digital element. In response to the determination that the geographical location of the user device matches the digital element, an indication that the digital element is selectable is provided. A representation of the digital element is provided without providing an auditory content of the digital element prior to the digital element being obtained. A user selection indication that selects the representation of the digital element to obtain the auditory content of the digital element is received. The auditory content of the digital element is provided upon receiving the user selection indication.
US11532134B2	Systems and methods for generating and facilitating access to a personalized augmented rendering of a user Systems and methods for generating and facilitating access to a personalized augmented rendering of a user to be presented in an augmented reality environment are discussed herein. The augmented rendering of a user may be personalized by the user to comprise a desired representation of the user in an augmented reality environment. When a second user is detected within the field of view of a first user, the second user may be identified and virtual content (e.g., an augmented rendering) for the second user may be obtained. The virtual content obtained may differ based on one or more subscriptions for the first user and/or permissions associated with the virtual content of the second user. The virtual content obtained may be rendered and appear superimposed over or in conjunction with a view of the second in the augmented reality environment.
US11532133B2	Audio responsive augmented reality Systems and methods for receiving audio data; identifying one or more graphical interface elements that correspond to the audio data; generating a display of the identified one or more graphical interface elements, wherein a first portion of the one or more graphical interface elements is persistently displayed, and wherein a second portion of the one or more graphical interface elements is temporarily displayed for a predetermined period of time together with the first portion of the one or more graphical interface elements; and at expiry of the predetermined period of time, ceasing display of the second portion while maintaining display of the first portion.
US11532127B2	Virtual object driving method, apparatus, electronic device, and readable storage medium The present application discloses a virtual object driving method, an apparatus, an electronic device and a readable storage medium, which relate to technical fields of artificial intelligence and deep learning. A specific implementing solution is as follows: obtaining a target image of a real object acquired by a camera when the real object makes a limb movement; inputting the target image into a coordinate acquisition model to obtain coordinates of a plurality of key points on a limb of the real object; determining a posture of the limb of the real object according to coordinates of each key point; driving, according to the posture of the real object, a virtual object displayed on a screen to present the limb movement of the real object. The method greatly reduces operation complexity and cost consumption when driving a virtual image.
US11532121B2	Method for measuring a seam on aircraft skin based on large-scale point cloud A method for measuring a seam on aircraft skin based on a large-scale point cloud is disclosed. A point cloud density of each point in an aircraft skin point cloud is calculated. Seam and non-seam point clouds are divided according to a discrepancy of the calculated point cloud density. A point is selected from the point cloud of the seam area, and a section at the point is extracted. A certain range of the seam and non-seam point clouds is projected to the section and a projected point cloud is acquired. A calculation model of flush and gap is constructed, and the flush and the gap of the aircraft skin seam at the measuring point is calculated according to the projected point cloud and the calculation model.
US11532115B2	Data structures, methods and tiling engines for storing tiling information in a graphics processing system Data structures, methods and tiling engines for storing tiling data in memory wherein the tiles are grouped into tile groups and the primitives are grouped into primitive blocks. The methods include, for each tile group: determining, for each tile in the tile group, which primitives of each primitive block intersect that tile; storing in memory a variable length control data block for each primitive block that comprises at least one primitive that intersects at least one tile of the tile group; and storing in memory a control stream comprising a fixed sized primitive block entry for each primitive block that comprises at least one primitive that intersects at least one tile of the tile group, each primitive block entry identifying a location in memory of the control data block for the corresponding primitive block. Each primitive block entry may comprise valid tile information identifying which tiles of the tile group are valid for the corresponding primitive block. A tile is a valid tile for a primitive block if at least one primitive in the primitive block intersects that tile.
US11532111B1	Systems and methods for generating comic books from video and images Techniques for a comic book feature are described herein. A visual data stream of a video may be parsed into a plurality of frames. Scene boundaries may be determined to generate a scene using the plurality of frames where a scene includes a subset of frames. A key frame may be determined for the scene using the subset of frames. An audio portion of an audio data stream of the video may be identified that maps to the subset of frames based on time information. The key frame may be converted to a comic image based on an algorithm. First dimensions and placement for a data object may be determined for the comic image. The data object may include the audio portion for the comic image. A comic panel may be generated for the comic image that incorporates the data object using the determined first dimensions and the placement.
US11532102B1	Scene interactions in a previsualization environment Views of a virtual environment can be displayed on mobile devices in a real-world environment simultaneously for multiple users. The users can operate selections devices in the real-world environment that interact with objects in the virtual environment. Virtual characters and objects can be moved and manipulated using selection shapes. A graphical interface can be instantiated and rendered as part of the virtual environment. Virtual cameras and screens can also be instantiated to created storyboards, backdrops, and animated sequences of the virtual environment. These immersive experiences with the virtual environment can be used to generate content for users and for feature films.
US11532094B2	Systems and methods for three-dimensional pose determination A method is described. The method includes mapping features extracted from an unannotated red-green-blue (RGB) image of the object to a depth domain. The method further includes determining a three-dimensional (3D) pose of the object by providing the features mapped from the unannotated RGB image of the object to the depth domain to a trained pose estimator network.
US11532091B2	Guided backpropagation-gradient updating for image processing task using redundant information from image A method includes obtaining, using at least one processor, an input image frame. The method also includes identifying, using the at least one processor, one or more regions of the input image frame containing redundant information. In addition, the method includes performing, using the at least one processor, an image processing task using the input image frame. The image processing task is guided based on the one or more identified regions of the input image frame. The method may further include obtaining, using the at least one processor, a coarse depth map associated with the input image frame. Performing the image processing task may include refining the coarse depth map to produce a refined depth map, where the refining of the coarse depth map is guided based on the one or more identified regions of the input image frame.
US11532088B2	Arithmetic processing apparatus and method An arithmetic processing apparatus, includes a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to: estimate an optical flow between consecutive frames of a moving image, and generate a sound wave corresponding to a target moving image, based on an optical flow estimated for the target moving image, and a deep neural network that generates a sound wave corresponding to an input optical flow and that has performed learning, by associating with time, an optical flow estimated for a moving image with sound wave and a sound wave of the moving image with sound wave.
US11532087B2	Stent detection methods and imaging system interfaces The disclosure relates, in part, to computer-based visualization of stent position within a blood vessel. A stent can be visualized using intravascular data and subsequently displayed as stent struts or portions of a stent as a part of a one or more graphic user interface(s) (GUI). In one embodiment, the method includes steps to distinguish stented region(s) from background noise using an amalgamation of angular stent strut information for a given neighborhood of frames. The GUI can include views of a blood vessel generated using distance measurements and demarcating the actual stented region(s), which provides visualization of the stented region. The disclosure also relates to display of intravascular diagnostic information such as indicators. An indicator can be generated and displayed with images generated using an intravascular data collection system. The indicators can include one or more viewable graphical elements suitable for indicating diagnostic information such as stent information.
US11532078B2	Systems and methods for identifying optimized ablation targets for treating and preventing arrhythmias sustained by reentrant circuit Methods and systems for identifying optimized ablation targets for treating and preventing arrhythmias sustained by reentrant circuits are described. The methods comprise receiving at least one mesh generated from one or more images of a patient's heart, receiving activation data generated from one or more simulations of electrical-signal propagation over the at least one mesh, generating at least one flow graph based on the activation data and the at least one mesh, and applying a max-flow min-cut algorithm to the at least one flow graph to determine at least one of a number, one or more dimensions, and one or more locations of one or more ablation targets. Non-transitory computer-readable media storing a set of instructions for treating and preventing arrhythmias sustained by reentrant circuits are also described.
US11532071B2	Creating super-resolution images This disclosure relates to image processing and in particular to super-resolution of mosaic images. An image processor receives a low-resolution mosaic input image and applies a trained neural network to the low-resolution mosaic input image to generate output data of the neural network. Then, the processor creates a high-resolution mosaic output image based on the output data of the neural network. Each of the low-resolution mosaic image and the high-resolution mosaic image is represented by two-dimensional image data comprising, for each pixel, intensity values of different spectral bands arranged adjacent to each other in two dimensions such that each intensity value has a unique location in the two-dimensional image data.
US11532069B2	Method for processing image, electronic equipment, and storage medium At least two images are acquired. At least two crop images are acquired by cropping the at least two images for face-containing images. Triangular patch deformation is performed on two neighbour images, generating a first triangular patch deformation frame image sequence and a second triangular patch deformation frame image sequence. Similarity transformation is performed on each image sequence of the first triangular patch deformation frame image sequence, acquiring a first transform frame image sequence. Similarity transformation is performed on each image sequence of the second triangular patch deformation frame image sequence, acquiring a second transform frame image sequence. The first and the second transform frame image sequences are fused, acquiring a video frame sequence corresponding to the two neighbour images. Of the at least two images, a video frame sequence generated by all neighbour images is coded, acquiring a destined video.
US11532067B2	Apparatus and method for multi-adapter encoding An apparatus and method for multi-adapter and/or multi-pass encoding on dual graphics processors. For example, one embodiment of a processor comprises: a central processor integrated on a first die, the central processor comprising a plurality of cores to execute instructions and process data; an first graphics processor integrated on the first die, the first graphics processor comprising media processing circuitry to perform one or more preliminary lookahead operations on video content to generate lookahead statistics; an interconnect to couple the first graphics processor to a lookahead buffer, the first graphics processor to transmit the lookahead statistics over the interconnect to the lookahead buffer; wherein the lookahead statistics are to be used by a second graphics processor to encode the video content to generate encoded video.
US11532056B2	Deep convolutional neural network based anomaly detection for transactive energy systems A computer-implemented method for power grid anomaly detection using a convolutional neural network (CNN) trained to detect anomalies in electricity demand data and electricity supply data includes receiving (i) electricity demand data comprising time series measurements of consumption of electricity by a plurality of consumers, and (ii) electricity supply data comprising time series measurements of availability of electricity by one or more producers. An input matrix is generated that comprises the electricity demand data and the electricity supply data. The CNN is applied to the input matrix to yield a probability of anomaly in the electricity demand data and the electricity supply data. If the probability of anomaly is above a threshold value, an alert message is generated for one or more system operators.
US11532049B2	Configuration and transfer of image data using a mobile device Systems and methods provide for configuring and transferring multiple data files including image data files using a mobile device. A mobile device may acquire multiple data files including image files from disparate sources and transmit them to an enhanced image processing server. The enhanced image processing server may analyze the received image files using various techniques. To aid in analysis, the server may also interface with various internal and external databases storing reference images or other reference data of previously analyzed similar data. Further still, the enhanced image processing server may transmit a result of the analysis back to a mobile device.
US11532048B2	User interactions in mobile damage assessment and claims processing Systems and methods provide for an automated system for analyzing damage and processing claims associated with an insured item, such as a vehicle. An enhanced claims processing server may analyze damage associated with the insured item using photos/video transmitted to the server from a user device (e.g., a mobile device). The mobile device may receive feedback from the server regarding the acceptability of submitted photos/video, and if the server determines that any of the submitted photos/video is unacceptable, the mobile device may capture additional photos/video until all of the data are deemed acceptable. To aid in damage analysis, the server may also interface with various internal and external databases storing reference images of undamaged items and cost estimate information for repairing previously analyzed damages to similar items. Further still, the server may generate a payment for compensating a claimant for repair of the insured item.
US11532030B1	System and method for providing comprehensive vehicle information Systems and methods are provided for determining additional vehicle data for a vehicle based on a vehicle identifier, such as a vehicle identification number (VIN). Based on the VIN, manufacturer codes, model codes, and other additional manufacturer information can be determined. The manufacturer codes and/or model codes can be used in determining a list of options on the vehicle. This information can be used by a variety of systems in determining more accurate vehicle specifications to yield more accurate vehicle evaluations based at least in part on the list options.
US11532029B2	System and method to direct processing of orders to improve processing resource usage There is provided a system and method to direct processing of orders to improve processing resource usage. QOS statistics relative to wait times and/or processing times or other measures of busyness may be maintained relative to physical office or branch locations where customers attend to have orders processed. QOS measures may be defined relative to these statistical measures of busyness that predict future busyness at respective locations. The QOS measures may be provided to a customer, such as in association with an order ahead application, to recommend to the customer to attend at a location that is less busy thereby distributing processing requests (orders) to less busy locations and better utilize resources.
US11532011B1	Promotion processing system for identifying store location for an aisle violator sign and related methods A promotion processing system may include a point-of-sale terminal at a store to collect purchased product identifiers from products being purchased, and a promotion generation server. The server may obtain the collected purchased product identifiers from the point-of-sale terminal, determine a store-transaction count based upon the collected purchased product identifiers, and for each purchased product identifier, map the corresponding product to an aisle location within the store. The server may determine a corresponding aisle-transaction count for the aisle location corresponding to each product based upon the mapped aisle locations, and determine shopper paths of travel within the store based upon the store- and aisle-transaction counts. The server may identify a location within the store for an aisle violator sign for a promoted product located in one of the aisle locations based upon the shopper paths of travel and the aisle-transaction counts, and generate a digital promotion for the promoted product.
US11532008B2	Systems and methods for dynamically modifying content of a website Systems and methods for interfacing with a third-party website. In one embodiment, a computer system is configured to directly interface with a website via a webpage to change certain numerical values through the use of digital codes. The digital codes are applied to a data entry interface on the webpage, and the responses are monitored and transmitted back to a server system.
US11532004B1	Utilizing credit and informatic data for insurance underwriting purposes Systems and methods include one or more dwelling sensors configured to generate sensor data representative of characteristics of a dwelling; a telematics device configured to generate telematics data representative of operational characteristics of a vehicle; and an analysis server. The analysis server receives the sensor data; receives the telematics data; receives credit information regarding an insured; and determines one or more insurance policy decisions based upon the sensor data, the telematics data, and the credit information the one or more insurance policy decisions comprising: a premium amount, a deductible amount, a coverage amount, a coverage term, or any combination there of for the insured.
US11531981B2	Digital contracts in blockchain environments Digital or “smart” contracts execute in a blockchain environment. Any entity (whether public or private) may specify a digital contract via a contract identifier in a blockchain. Because there may be many digital contracts offered as services, the contract identifier uniquely identifies a particular digital contract offered by a vendor or supplier. The blockchain is thus not burdened with the programming code that is required to execute the digital contract. The blockchain need only include or specify the contract identifier (and perhaps one or more contractual parameters), thus greatly simplifying the blockchain and reducing its size (in bytes) and processing requirements.
US11531980B2	Method and system for optimizing blockchain parsing using a wallet's static characteristics A method for optimized validation of a blockchain transaction through the use of a parallel database and date management includes: receiving a new blockchain transaction that includes unspent transaction outputs; identifying, in a parallel database, a start date for a blockchain wallet involved in the new transaction; identifying a subset of blocks in the blockchain that have been added to the blockchain since the start date; validating the new blockchain transaction by validating the unspent transaction outputs using the subset of blocks; and, if the validation is successful, adding the new transaction to the blockchain, or, if the validation is unsuccessful, notifying the submitter of the failed validation.
US11531974B2	Tracking transactions through a blockchain A security application may provide a secure digital currency for a blockchain while maintaining anonymity and security from unauthorized third parties. One example may include one of accessing a retailer site from a device, selecting one or more items for purchase, transmitting a payment option to the retailer site for the selected one or more items, receiving a payment request message from the retailer site comprising a unique identifier linked to one or more incentives, creating a payment confirmation message comprising the unique identifier and the one or more incentives, and transmitting the payment confirmation.
US11531971B2	Computer-based systems and device configured for electronic authentication and verification of documents and methods thereof Systems and methods of the present disclosure include processors configured to perform steps to receive a tag data from a contactless communication tag, execute an applet associated with the contactless communication tag, and receive document data associated with an applet-linked document, including a document identifier, a document content data, a document recipient identifier, and a document sender identifier. The processors are configured to further generate an account link linking the document data to a user account associated with the document sender, generate a document entry in the user account based on the account link, generate a webpage from the applet to record the document data such that the document data is accessible upon subsequent reception of the contactless radio signal data, and display the document data and a current status of the applet-linked document on a display of the computing device associated with the contactless reader.
US11531958B2	Frictionless re-ordering and re-stocking Images capture locations of items on store shelves or on store display areas. An item inventory is automatically maintained from the images. Re-stocking rules for each item type are processed and a specific item type is automatically ordered from a vendor when dictated by a corresponding rule. A delivery of the specific items ordered is tracked within the store from the images for re-stocking the specific items within the store during the delivery by a vendor representative. The specific item delivery and restocking are verified, and an automatic acceptance of the specific items is sent to the vendor associated with the delivery when verified. In an embodiment, store personnel (admin, manager, owner) are automatically notified with a successful restocking. In an embodiment, payment is automatically made to the supplier when store personnel confirms the delivery.
US11531936B2	System and method for empirical electrical-space-heating-based estimation of overall thermal performance of a building The overall thermal performance of a building UATotal can be empirically estimated through a short-duration controlled test. Preferably, the controlled test is performed at night during the winter. A heating source is turned off after the indoor temperature has stabilized. After an extended period, such as 12 hours, the heating source is briefly turned back on, such as for an hour, then turned off. The indoor temperature is allowed to stabilize. The energy consumed within the building during the test period is assumed to equal internal heat gains. Overall thermal performance is estimated by balancing the heat gained with the heat lost during the test period.
US11531935B2	System and method for implementing a diagnostic software tool Embodiments of the invention are directed toward a computer-implemented interactive diagnostic medical records system operated in conjunction with at least one user device. Interactive processing components provide collaborative interaction between a user and at least one database, the collaboration including deployment of a search module in response to a query associated with the user device, and a diagnostic inquiry module comprising an interactive sequence of at least two linked inquiries transmitted to the user device. In one embodiment, the diagnostic inquiry module is operable to assign a value or “weight” to the user responses to the interactive sequence of at least two linked inquiries. User interface tools may further be associated with the user device for accepting input from the diagnostic inquiry module and correspondingly displaying output as determined by the interactive processing components.
US11531933B2	Explainability of an unsupervised learning algorithm outcome There is disclosed in one example a malware analysis server, including: a hardware platform including a processor and a memory; a machine learning model; a store of known objects previously classified by the machine learning model; and instructions encoded within the memory to instruct the processor to: receive a test sample; apply the machine learning model to the test sample to provide the test sample with classified features; compute pairwise distances between the test sample and a set of known objects from the store of known objects; select a group of near neighbor samples from the set of known objects; select a group of far neighbor samples from the set of known objects; and generate an explanation for the test sample according to the near neighbor samples and far neighbor samples.
US11531930B2	System and method for monitoring machine learning models Systems and methods are provided to monitor performance of a machine learning model, the method may include steps of: receiving or storing one or more model data sets representative of the machine learning model, wherein the machine learning model has being trained with a first set of training data; analyzing the first set of training data based on one or more performance parameters for the machine learning model, to generate one or more performance data sets; and process the one or more performance data sets to determine one or more values representing a performance of the machine learning model.
US11531921B1	Early warning and event predicting systems and methods for predicting future events An early warning and event monitoring computer device for predicting events is provided. The computer device programmed to a) store a plurality of models associated with a plurality of future events, b) receive a plurality of data from a plurality of data sources, c) preprocess the plurality of data to remove noise and populate the plurality of models with the plurality of data, d determine a subset of models of the plurality of models to execute based on a user query, e) execute the subset of models to receive a plurality of results, f) ensemble the plurality of results from the subset of models to determine a combination model, and g) execute the combination model to forecast at least one future event based on the user query. The computer device uses predictive analytical results to visualize which actors, events, sentiments, and key variables across the topologies are critical to support.
US11531913B2	Systems for fast and/or efficient processing of decision networks, and related methods and apparatus Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a technique for processing a decision network that includes obtaining an index encoding a mapping from potential values of an input parameter to decision parameters of the network's predicates, wherein the mapping associates potential values of the input parameter with decision parameters affected by those potential values; evaluating decision parameters affected by specified values of the input parameter, including identifying each decision parameter to which the index maps at least one specified values of the input parameter, and setting the values of those decision parameters in accordance with the input parameter's specified values; and analyzing the decision network, including evaluating the predicates of one or more of the decision nodes based on the values of the predicates' decision parameters, and determining, based on the values of the evaluated predicates and a topology of the decision network, that a particular terminal node encodes the network's output. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US11531909B2	Computer system and method for machine learning or inference The purpose of the present invention is to train a learning model and thereby create a utility model, and assist with an operation for making practical use thereof. Provided is a computer system 50 for preparing learning models in one or more learning units 102; receiving an input of learning data from a data source 111, and training said one or more learning models using the learning data. One or more utility models are finalized on the basis of said one or more trained learning models, and said one or more utility models are deployed to one or more inference units 114. Each of said one or more inference units 114: receives an input of utility data from the data source 111; provides the utility data to the utility models and executes an inference; and transmits, to a data target 113, inference result data outputted from the utility models.
US11531906B2	Machine-learning-based processing of de-obfuscated data for data enrichment Embodiments relate to de-obfuscated data to process at one or more artificial-intelligence (AI) decision nodes throughout a communication decision tree. Through processing directed by the communication decision tree, additional de-obfuscated data is collected and securely transmitted in de-obfuscated or re-obfuscated form to enrich underlying data structures.
US11531894B1	Neural networks for object detection A neural network system for identifying positions of objects in an input image can include an object detector neural network, a memory interface subsystem, and an external memory. The object detector neural network is configured to, at each time step of multiple successive time steps, (i) receive a first neural network input that represents the input image and a second neural network input that identifies a first set of positions of the input image that have each been classified as showing a respective object of the set of objects, and (ii) process the first and second inputs to generate a set of output scores that each represents a respective likelihood that an object that is not one of the objects shown at any of the positions in the first set of positions is shown at a respective position of the input image that corresponds to the output score.
US11531893B2	Method and apparatus with neural network parameter quantization A processor-implemented method includes determining a first quantization value by performing log quantization on a parameter from one of input activation values and weight values in a layer of a neural network, comparing a threshold value with an error between a first dequantization value obtained by dequantization of the first quantization value and the parameter, determining a second quantization value by performing log quantization on the error in response to the error being greater than the threshold value as a result of the comparing; and quantizing the parameter to a value in which the first quantization value and the second quantization value are grouped.
US11531889B2	Weight data storage method and neural network processor based on the method Disclosed are a weight data storage method and a convolution computation method that may be implemented in a neural network. The weight data storage method comprises searching for effective weights in a weight convolution kernel matrix and acquiring an index of effective weights. The effective weights are non-zero weights, and the index of effective weights is used to mark the position of the effective weights in the weight convolution kernel matrix. The weight data storage method further comprises storing the effective weights and the index of effective weights. According to the weight data storage method and the convolution computation method of the present disclosure, storage space can be saved, and computation efficiency can be improved.
US11531884B2	Separate quantization method of forming combination of 4-bit and 8-bit data of neural network A separate quantization method of forming a combination of 4-bit and 8-bit data of a neural network is disclosed. When a training data set and a validation data set exist, a calibration manner is used to determine a threshold for activations of each of a plurality of layers of a neural network model, so as to determine how many of the activations to perform 8-bit quantization. In a process of weight quantization, the weights of each layer are allocated to 4-bit weights and 8-bit weights according to a predetermined ratio, so as to make the neural network model have a reduced size and a combination of 4-bit and 8-bit weights.
US11531882B2	Method and system for automatically classifying images A processor of an image automatic classification server may perform a method for automatically classifying images. The method includes receiving partial or entire contents of a plurality of products from an online shopping website, classifying the received contents of the plurality of products into each of the products and storing the contents classified by each of the products, extracting a plurality of product images of one product among the plurality of products form the stored contents, and automatically classifying the extracted product images of the one product into a plurality of categories to generate information for the one product. The information for the one product comprises information that classifies the plurality of product images of the one product for each of a plurality of categories to provide the classified product images to be selectable.
US11531881B2	Artificial intelligence apparatus for controlling auto stop system based on driving information and method for the same An embodiment of the present invention provides an artificial intelligence apparatus for controlling an auto stop function, including: an input unit configured to receive brake information and velocity information of a vehicle; a storage unit configured to store a control model for the auto stop function; and a processor configured to: acquire driving information comprising the brake information and the velocity information through at the input unit, acquire base data used for determining a control of the auto stop function from the driving information, determine a control mode for the auto stop function by using the base data and the control model for the auto stop function, and control the auto stop function according to the determined control mode, wherein the control mode is one of an activation mode which activates the auto stop function or a deactivation mode which deactivates the auto stop function.
US11531878B2	Behavior prediction with dynamic adaptation to environmental conditions Systems and methods for modelling time-series data includes testing a testing model with a plurality of hyper-forgetting rates to select a best performing hyper-forgetting rate. A model optimization is tested using the best performing hyper-forgetting rate with the testing model to test combinations of hyper-parameters to select a best performing combination of hyper-parameters. An error of the model is determined using the model optimization. Model parameters are recursively updated according to the least squares regression by determining a pseudo-inverse of a Hessian of the least squares regression at a current time stamp according to a projection of the time-series data at the current time stamp and the pseudo-inverse of the Hessian at a previous time-stamp to determine an optimum model parameter. A next step behavior of the time-series data is predicted using the optimum model parameter. The next step behavior is stored in a database for access by a user.
US11531876B2	Deep learning for characterizing unseen categories Systems and methods for a computer-based visual recognition based upon a spatially forked deep learning architecture, including unification of deep learning and reasoning. A method can include a primary learner with an adjacent structured memory bank that can not only predict the output from a given input, but also relate the input to all past memorized instances and help in creative understanding.
US11531866B2	Clustering method and apparatus using ranking-based network embedding A clustering method includes configuring a network with clustering target objects; collecting significance of the clustering target objects; performing network embedding for outputting a set of vectors representing neighboring objects of the clustering target objects constituting the network using a neural network; and performing clustering on the clustering target objects using the set of vectors and information on each of the clustering target objects, wherein the neural network is trained so that neighboring objects having high significance are output with higher probability.
US11531856B2	Printing apparatus and method for controlling printing apparatus A printing apparatus that performs printing on a medium while being manually moved relative to the medium, the printing apparatus including a first discharger including a first nozzle row that discharges a first liquid, a second discharger including a second nozzle row that discharges a second liquid and is so provided as to be separate from the first nozzle row in a first direction perpendicular to the first nozzle row, a movement detection section that detects the moving direction of the printing apparatus viewed from the side facing the printing apparatus while the printing apparatus is moved, and an error process section that carries out an error process when printing using both the first and second dischargers is performed and the moving direction detected by the movement detection section deviates from the first direction.
US11531850B2	Context-aware image compression In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a storage device and a processor. The storage device may store a plurality of compressed images comprising one or more compressed master images and one or more compressed slave images. The processor may: identify an uncompressed image; access context information associated with the uncompressed image and the one or more compressed master images; determine, based on the context information, whether the uncompressed image is associated with a corresponding master image; upon a determination that the uncompressed image is associated with the corresponding master image, compress the uncompressed image into a corresponding compressed image with reference to the corresponding master image; upon a determination that the uncompressed image is not associated with the corresponding master image, compress the uncompressed image into the corresponding compressed image without reference to the one or more compressed master images; and store the corresponding compressed image on the storage device.
US11531847B2	Data labeling method, apparatus and system A data labeling method, apparatus and system are provided. The method includes: sampling a data source according to an evaluation task for the data source to obtain sampled data; generating a labeling task from the sampled data; sending the labeling task to a labeling device; and receiving a labeled result of the labeling task from the labeling device. As such, an automatic evaluation of data can be implemented by using the evaluation task, and evaluation efficiency is improved.
US11531844B2	Using machine learning and/or neural networks to validate stem cells and their derivatives (2-D cells and 3-D tissues) for use in cell therapy and tissue engineered products A method is provided for non-invasively predicting characteristics of one or more cells and cell derivatives. The method includes training a machine learning model using at least one of a plurality of training cell images representing a plurality of cells and data identifying characteristics for the plurality of cells. The method further includes receiving at least one test cell image representing at least one test cell being evaluated, the at least one test cell image being acquired non-invasively and based on absorbance as an absolute measure of light, and providing the at least one test cell image to the trained machine learning model. Using machine learning based on the trained machine learning model, characteristics of the at least one test cell are predicted. The method further includes generating, by the trained machine learning model, release criteria for clinical preparations of cells based on the predicted characteristics of the at least one test cell.
US11531839B2	Label assigning device, label assigning method, and computer program product A label assigning device of an embodiment includes one or more hardware processors configured to function as a label candidate generation unit, a feature amount pair detection unit, and a label assigning unit. The label candidate generation unit generates a label candidate from association data associated with a content. The feature amount pair detection unit detects a feature amount pair that is a combination of feature amounts having a highest similarity among combinations of a feature amount extracted from a first content and a feature amount extracted from a second content. The label assigning unit assigns, as a label, a common label candidate generated from both first association data associated with the first content and second association data associated with the second content to each feature amount constituting the feature amount pair.
US11531833B2	Creating a ground control point file using an existing landmark shown in images In some examples, a system includes a memory configured to store a first image and a second image captured by one or more cameras mounted on one or more vehicles and store locations and orientations of the one or more cameras at times when the first and second images were captured. The system also includes processing circuitry configured to identify an existing landmark in the first and second images. The processing circuitry is also configured to determine a latitude, a longitude, and an altitude of the existing landmark based on the locations and orientations of the one or more cameras at the times when the images were captured. The processing circuitry is configured to create a file including the location of the existing landmark and pixel coordinates of the existing landmark in the first and second images.
US11531826B2	Systems and methods for user choice of barcode scanning range Systems and methods for user choice of barcode scanning ranges are provided. This is achieved through the identification of a predetermined pixel-per-module threshold range. The pixel-per-module of a barcode being read by a reader is compared to the predetermined pixel-per-module threshold range, and a successful decode of the barcode is carried out only if the pixel-per-module of the barcode falls within the predetermined range. Thus, a user may select a desired reading distance range such that barcodes within a working distance range may not generate successful decodes if such barcodes are outside of the desired reading distance range.
US11531818B2	Device and method for machine reading comprehension question and answer A machine reading comprehension (MRC) question and answer providing method includes receiving a user question; analyzing the user question; selecting at least one document from at least one domain corresponding to an analyzed user question and searching for a passage, which is a candidate answer determined as being suitable for the user question, in the selected at least one document; obtaining at least one correct answer candidate value by inputting the user question and a corresponding passage into each of at least one MRC question and answer unit; and determining whether the at least one correct answer candidate value is a best answer.
US11531812B2	Natural language processing for mapping dependency data and parts-of-speech to group labels Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for information extraction using natural language processing. One of the methods includes determining, for one or more tokens from a plurality of tokens that represent an unstructured sentence, a token type from a plurality of predetermined token types that indicates an element type for a phrase that corresponds to the token and has one or more properties using dependency data and a part-of-speech label for the token; assigning, for a token whose associated dependency data indicates that the token has a child, data for the child token to one of the one or more properties for the token type of the token; and providing, for use by a downstream semantic system and for the token, a textual representation of the phrase for the token and the phrases for one or more of the child tokens.
US11531810B2	Systems and methods for comparing documents The present invention relates to a system and a method for comparing information contained on at least two documents belonging to an entity. The present invention includes at least one device configured to receive information from at least one first document and at least one second document; then, compare at least one first document information and at least one second document information; and determine whether at least one second document contains at least one first document information. The present invention then outputs a result of whether the at least one second document contains at least one first document information.
US11531798B2	Methods and apparatus to simulate metastability for circuit design verification Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to simulate metastability for circuit design verification. An example apparatus includes an input handler to receive circuit design data indicative of a circuit design, a circuit modeler to generate a simulation model based on the circuit design data, a simulator to simulate operation of the circuit design based on the simulation model, a metastability injector to insert metastability logic into the simulation model during the simulation, and a metastability controller to control the metastability logic during the simulation.
US11531796B2	Guided design generation A method for guided design generation includes receiving a plurality of image samples for an intended design and generating a first plurality of images by providing a positive latent vector to a first layer out of a plurality of layers and a negative latent vector to remaining layers out of the plurality of layers. Responsive to receiving a first image selection, identifying the first layer out of the plurality of layers generated the first image includes a feature of interest. Determining a feature expression variation for the feature of interest in latent space based on the ranking of a first plurality of generated sample images, wherein the first plurality of generated sample images includes the feature of interest. Responsive to receiving a second plurality of images for a plurality of base features, generating an initial design based on the feature of interest and the plurality of base features.
US11531792B2	Computer system and method for managing coordination issues in construction projects The present disclosure is directed to a software tool that facilitates coordination between various parties that are involved in the process of rectifying a problem identified in a combined three-dimensional model file. In one implementation, the software tool may cause a computing device to (a) receive an indication requesting creation of a coordination issue that relates to a portion of a rendered three-dimensional view of a construction project, (b) in response to the receipt of the indication, create a data set defining the coordination issue, the data set including (i) a representation of the portion of the rendered three-dimensional view, and (ii) data indicating an assignee of the coordination issue, and (c) cause an indication of the coordination issue to be presented to a client station associated with the assignee.
US11531789B1	Floor plan generation for device visualization and use Systems and methods allow for floor plan generation for device visualization and use. For example, image data may be utilized to segment a building from non-building elements in an image, and the outline of the building may be utilized to generate a floor plan of the building. A user interface may be generated to present the floor plan and allow for placement of representations of walls, doors, windows, and electronic devices within the floor plan. Placement of these elements may be performed in response to input from a user and/or may be performed automatically utilizing naming indicators, device-affinity data, historical usage data, signal-strength data, etc. Once placed, the device representations may be utilized to operate the devices and display related information, such as alerts.
US11531788B2	Method for operating a touch-sensitive, planar input device of a complete device, and complete device An approach for operating at least one touch-sensitive, flat input device of a complete device, the input device being connected via a message-based bus connection to a control device of the complete device, and messages containing touch datasets describing touch data events being transmitted to the control device, which evaluates the messages for input information for an application program implemented by the control device, wherein when a security function in the control device that queries sensitive input information is accessed, the touch datasets are transmitted from the input device to the control apparatus via the bus connection in encrypted form until the associated input process has ended.
US11531787B2	Management of securable computing resources A system is provided. The system includes a computing resource, a cable insertable into the computing resource, a locking element and a controller. The locking element is configured to assume a locked condition in which the cable is locked to the computing resource or prevented from insertion into the computing resource and an unlocked condition in which the cable is removable from the computing resource and permitted to be inserted into the computing resource. The controller is configured to define rules for users. The rules are associated with respective identifiers (IDs) of each of the users and establish criteria associated with each user for causing the locking element to assume one of the locked and unlocked conditions.
US11531784B1	System and method for protecting browser data A method for controlling access to process data includes encrypting process data of a process; receiving a request to access the process data; requesting a security code to access the encrypted process data; receiving the security code; authenticating the received security code; and granting access to the encrypted process data if the received security code is successfully authenticated and denying access to the encrypted process data if the received security code is not successfully authenticated.
US11531780B2	Deep learning-based identity fraud detection A method provides a security action based on identity profile scores. One or more processors represent an identity profile as a knowledge graph. The processor(s) associate a set of changes of the identity profile across a plurality of identity networks with a fraud score. The processor(s) then implement a security action based on the fraud score.
US11531776B2	Image and message management and archiving for events An image archiving facility creates an image and other data archive relating to an event at a location when prompted by a downloaded application for a host user. The host user may approve guest users to upload to the archive. Approval may come from an image of a person uploaded to the data archive and recognized from biometric data as an approved user. The host may control viewing of images in the archive either individually or generically.
US11531768B2	Data protection method, authentication server, data protection system, and data structure Provided is a data protection method which includes: receiving transaction data which includes a first hash value obtained from history information of a home; obtaining, from a data server, a second hash value computed by the data server performing computation processing on encrypted history information without decrypting the encrypted history information, the encrypted history information being history information of the home encrypted using a secure computation method which enables computation without decrypting the encrypted history information, the encrypted history information being obtained from the home; verifying the transaction data, and determining whether the first hash value and the second hash value match; and when a validity of the transaction data is verified and the first hash value and the second hash value match, recording the transaction data in a distributed ledger.
US11531766B2	Systems and methods for attributing security vulnerabilities to a configuration of a client device This disclosure relates to systems, devices, and methods for receiving security configuration information and malware state information for a plurality of client devices, the security configuration information comprising identification of at least one of security parameters, hardware configurations, or software configurations of each of the plurality of client devices, and the malware state information comprising identification of at least one or more types of malware on each of the plurality of devices. The security configuration information and malware state information may be analyzed to identify which client devices from the plurality of devices have a security configuration that places the identified client devices in a vulnerable security state.
US11531761B2	HTTPS boot to provide decryption key Systems and methods are disclosed for generating a key based on at least one hardware component identifier for hardware of a first device and/or at least one piece of firmware code of the first device. The key may then be stored at a storage area accessible to the first device via hypertext transfer protocol secure (HTTPS) communication and the key may also be used to encrypt storage of the first device. Booting of the first device may then be facilitated based on HTTPS communication with a second device and using an extensible firmware interface (EFI) file and/or an IMG file stored at the second device. Then subsequent to at least partially facilitating the booting of the first device and based on verifying authentication credentials, the key may be transmitted to the first device to decrypt the storage of the first device.
US11531748B2	Method and system for autonomous malware analysis A computer-implemented method, a device, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of automatically determining an interactive GUI element in a graphic user interface (GUI) to be interacted. The method includes: detecting, by the processor, one or more candidate interactive GUI elements in the GUI based on a plurality of algorithms; determining, by the processor, a likelihood indicator for each of the one or more candidate interactive GUI elements, a likelihood indicator indicating the likelihood that a candidate interactive GUI element associated with the likelihood indicator is an interactive GUI element to be interacted; and determining, by the processor, an interactive GUI element to be interacted from the one or more candidate interactive GUI elements based on the likelihood indicators.
US11531736B1	User authentication as a service Systems, methods, and devices for adaptably authenticating a user are disclosed. A device captures a user input, and sends data corresponding thereto to a system. The system determines natural language understanding (NLU) results representing the user input. A user authentication component of the system receives the NLU results and determines a skill configured to perform an action responsive to the user input. The user authentication component adaptably performs user authentication based on a user authentication condition associated with the skill. If the user can be authenticated to the satisfaction of the condition, the NLU results data are sent to the skill, along with an indicator representing the user was authenticated by the system.
US11531735B1	Dynamic fraud intervention machine A machine detects a request to execute a transaction specified by a first set of user inputs. The machine determines, based on the first set of user inputs that specified the transaction, that the request to execute the transaction is to be verified with a corresponding challenge prompt that is to be generated for the request to execute the transaction. The machine then generates the challenge prompt that corresponds to the request to execute the transaction specified by the first set of user inputs that specified the transaction, and the machine causes presentation of the generated challenge prompt that corresponds to the request to execute the transaction. In response to the presented challenge prompt, the machine may receive a second set of user inputs. Based on the second set of user inputs, the machine then generates an indication of whether the request is verified.
US11531723B2	Dynamic contextual library Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs stored on a computer storage medium, for providing a dynamic contextual library. In some implementations, an interactive element is provided for display in a user interface. Context data that indicates a context of one or more computers is generated. Document data indicating a subset of documents from a document collection associated with a user is obtained, with the subset of documents being selected from the document collection based on the context data. After obtaining the data indicating the subset of documents, data indicating user interaction with the interactive element is received. Data identifying the subset of documents for display is provided in response to receiving the data indicating user interaction with the interactive element.
US11531721B2	Method of using a portion of a URL and an interstitial page to make a disclosure statement for regulation compliance URL shortening and redirection, as provided by the systems and methods herein, allow advertisers and influencers to: (1) generate links that aid in helping make a clear disclosure about the nature of the link or content where the link is intended; (2) redirect the users by both placing a disclosure statement directly into: (a) the URL structure and (b) into the interstitial page that is displayed after clicking on the URL and prior to redirection to the destination address.
US11531719B2	Navigation tab control organization and management for web browsers Methods and systems are provided for managing a GUI of a web browser. When a user interaction with a tab presentation control is detected, a horizontal tab strip having first navigation tab controls for a set of webpages is removed, and a vertical tab strip having second navigation tab controls for the same set of webpages is displayed in a vertical column in the browser. In response to detecting a user hover interaction with the vertical tab strip while the vertical tab strip is in a collapsed state, the vertical tab strip is expanded from the collapsed state to an expanded state. In response to termination of the user hover interaction, the vertical tab strip is collapsed from the expanded state to the collapsed state. The vertical tab strip in the collapsed state occupies a smaller portion of the GUI then the vertical tab strip in the expanded state.
US11531712B2	Unified metadata search Metadata associated with content stored in a corresponding primary storage system is received receiving from each secondary storage cluster of a plurality of different secondary storage clusters included in different storage domains. The metadata received from the plurality of different secondary storage clusters is stored and indexed together. A unified metadata search interface is provided for stored data of the corresponding primary storage systems and the plurality of different secondary storage clusters of the different storage domains.
US11531711B1	Forensic criminal investigation digital data intersection Systems and methods are disclosed for finding intersections between digital interactions of two users (or a user and specific data) based on two different digital interaction data sets. For example, a digital interaction database may include a first user's mobile phone records from a first mobile company and a second user's mobile phone records from a second mobile phone company. The first user's mobile phone records and the second user's mobile phone records may be organized differently, may have different data elements, may have different format styles, etc. Yet an intersection between the first user and the second user may be found by searching the first user's mobile phone records and/or the second user's mobile phone records and retrieving related digital interactions such as, for example, phone records showing a phone call or message between the first user and the second user.
US11531704B2	Autonomously partitioning database tables What is disclosed is an improved approach to perform automatic partitioning, without requiring any expertise on the part of the user. A three stage processing pipeline is provided to generate candidate partition schemes, to evaluate the candidate using real table structures that are empty, and to then implement a selected scheme with production data for evaluation. In addition, an improved approach is described to perform automatic interval partitioning, where the inventive concept implements interval partitioning that does not impose these implicit constraints on the partition key column.
US11531696B2	Communicating shuffled media content A method for communicating a playback order for a plurality of media content items to a user device operating in an online mode, the method performed at a server system and comprising receiving an indication that the user device will enter an offline mode, generating a playback order for the plurality of media content items, and transmitting the generated playback order to the user device before the user device enters the offline mode.
US11531688B2	Time-series data processing device, time-series data processing system, and time-series data processing method An event waveform extracting unit (3) extracts an event waveform from time-series data. A co-occurrence rate calculating unit (4) calculates co-occurrence rates of event waveforms among the time-series data. A grouping unit (5) classifies the time-series data into groups depending the co-occurrence rates of the event waveforms. An event information generating unit (6) determines the time at which the periods during which event waveforms occur overlap with each other among the time-series data included in each group, and generates event information identifying an event related to the event waveforms on the basis of the determined time.
US11531683B2	Unified application programming interface for transformation of structured data A system includes a processor configured to create a rule repository instance. The rule repository instance specifies a plurality of different procedures that facilitate specifying a sequence of transformer rules by cascading each of the procedures together using a dot notation format. The processor configures the rule repository instance with a plurality of transformer rules using the dot notation format. The processor receives data from a file arranged according to a first structured data format. The processor executes the sequence of transformer rules to convert data elements in the file to a second structured data format. The processor then provides for display or storage the data as converted into the second structured data format by the sequence of transformer rules.
US11531680B2	Data aggregation and analysis system An interactive user interface for displaying projects comprising a collection of links specifying data to be displayed from a plurality of different applications and/or data sources. When loading a project for display, links are automatically parsed to identify the application and/or data source they are associated with. Retrieved data associated with the links is displayed in a format based upon that of their native application. The data may be displayed in an interactive format, allowing the user to change or manipulate the data in a manner that would be possible in the data's native application. A project may be expressed as a “project link,” comprising a text string, wherein the links of the assets associated with the project are included or embedded within the text string, and which may be shared between different users, and may function as a snapshot of the project.
US11531667B2	System and method for capturing data sent by a mobile device Data can originate from at least one device. The data can be received by at least one network element corresponding to a network. The data can be sent over the network by the at least one device. The data can be analyzed to determine a presence of one or more keywords or key phrases in the data received. A determination can be performed to determine whether or not to filter or block the data. The data can be blocked or filtered according to the determination.
US11531666B1	Indexing partitions using distributed bloom filters Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for indexing partitions using distributed Bloom filters are disclosed. A data indexing system generates a plurality of indices for a plurality of partitions in a distributed object store. The indices comprise a plurality of Bloom filters. An individual one of the Bloom filters corresponds to one or more fields of an individual one of the partitions. Using the Bloom filters, the data indexing system determines a first portion of the partitions that possibly comprise a value and a second portion of the partitions that do not comprise the value. Based (at least in part) on a scan of the first portion of the partitions and not the second portion of the partitions, the data indexing system determines one or more partitions of the first portion of the partitions that comprise the value.
US11531661B2	Vehicle incident documentation for blockchain An example operation may include one or more of receiving primary data from one or more vehicles, extracting first information from the primary data, creating one or more documents based on the extracted information, generating one or more blockchain transactions based on the one or more documents, and committing the one or more documents to a blockchain.
US11531649B1	Method of building and searching a multi-dimensional cross-linked distributed ledger A method for creating a link between hyperledger blocks by a block link server. The method comprises receiving by a block link server executing on a computer system a first link creation message from a first network element, the first link creation message comprising first block information comprising a first hyperledger identifier and a first block identifier, both associated with a first hyperledger, receiving by the block link server a second link creation message, comprising second block information comprising a second hyperledger identifier and a second block identifier, both associated with a second hyperledger, storing by the block link server a link data structure comprising the first block information and the second block information, and sending by the block link server a link identifier of the link data structure to the first network element.
US11531644B2	Fractional consistent global snapshots of a distributed namespace A method of capturing a fractional snapshot of a distributed file system includes receiving a snapshot request to generate a factional snapshot of a file system. The request includes an indication of a subset of data of the file system. The method further includes identifying, by a processing device, the subset of data of the file system indicated by the snapshot request and generating the fractional snapshot comprising the subset of data of the file system indicated by the snapshot request.
US11531627B2	Secure storage isolation An computer-implemented method according to examples includes receiving, by a secure interface control of a computing system, a request by a requestor to access a page in a memory of the computing system. The method further includes, responsive to determining that the requestor is a non-secure requestor and responsive to a secure-storage bit being set, prohibiting access to the page without performing an authorization check. The method further includes, responsive to determining that the requestor is a secure requestor, performing the authorization check.
US11531620B2	Distributed virtual memory management for data processing network A data processing network includes request nodes with local memories accessible as a distributed virtual memory (DVM) and coupled by an interconnect fabric. Multiple DVM domains are assigned, each containing a DVM node for handling DVM operation requests from request nodes in the domain. On receipt of a request, a DVM node sends a snoop message to other request nodes in its domain and sends a snoop message to one or more peer DVM nodes in other DVM domains. The DVM node receives snoop responses from the request nodes and from the one or more peer DVM nodes, and send a completion message to the first request node. Each peer DVM node sends snoop messages to the request nodes in its domain, collects snoop responses, and sends a single response to the originating DVM node. In this way, DVM operations are performed in parallel.
US11531612B2	Methods for providing an enterprise synthetic monitoring framework Embodiments disclosed herein provide for methods and systems for providing an enterprise synthetic monitoring framework, wherein the enterprise synthetic monitoring framework is configured to provide exhaustive end-to-end monitoring for a variety of applications and workflows including those that are browser and non-browser based, those that are implemented on mobile devices, and those that are implemented utilizing native protocols.
US11531590B2	Method and system for host-assisted data recovery assurance for data center storage device architectures A method of error management includes, in response to a read request for first data from a first storage device of a plurality of storage devices under one or more common data protection schemes, receiving a read uncorrectable indication regarding the first data, obtaining uncorrected data and metadata of an LBA associated with the first data, and obtaining the same LBA from one or more other storage devices of the plurality. The method further includes comparing the uncorrected data with the data and metadata from the other storage devices, speculatively modifying the uncorrected data based, at least in part, on the other data to create a set of reconstructed first data codewords, and, in response to a determination that one of the reconstructed first data codewords has recovered the first data, issuing a write_raw command to rewrite the modified data and associated metadata to the first storage device.
US11531589B1	Decoding method, memory storage device, and memory control circuit unit A decoding method, a memory storage device, and a memory control circuit unit are provided. The decoding method includes: respectively performing a single-frame decoding on a plurality of first data frames read from a physical unit set, the physical unit set contains a plurality of first physical units in a rewritable non-volatile memory module; in response to an entire decoding result of the first data frames meeting a first condition, obtaining error evaluation information related to the physical unit set, and the error evaluation information reflects a bit error status of the physical unit set; obtaining reliability information according to the error evaluation information; and performing the single-frame decoding on a second data frame read from one of the first physical units according to the reliability information.
US11531588B2	Error correction circuit and method for operating the same An error correction circuit includes a memory that stores at least one decoding parameter, a low density parity check (LDPC) decoder that includes a first variable node storing one bit of the data, receives the at least one decoding parameter from the memory, decides a degree of the first variable node based on the at least one decoding parameter, and decides a decoding rule necessary for decoding of the one bit based on the degree of the first variable node, and an adaptive decoding controller that outputs corrected data based on a decoding result of the LDPC decoder.
US11531579B2	Semiconductor device and system using the same A semiconductor device has a timer unit and a processing unit. The timer unit includes a binary counter, a first converter that converts a first count value output from the binary counter to a gray code to output as first gray code data. The processing unit includes a first synchronizer that captures the first gray code data transferred from the timer unit in synchronization with the system clock signal and outputs the captured first gray code data as second gray code data, and a fault detection unit that generates a data for fault detection based on the first gray code data transferred from the timer unit and compares a second count value based on the second gray code data with a third counter value based on the data for fault detection.
US11531577B1	Temporarily limiting access to a storage device Temporarily limiting access to a storage device, including: determining that a storage device of a plurality of storage devices in a storage system is operating outside of a defined performance range; determining that the storage device operating outside of the defined performance range may be caused by a rehabilitative action performed on the storage device; and modifying a storage operation issuance policy for one or more storage devices of the plurality of storage devices until a determination that the storage device is operating within the defined performance range.
US11531575B1	Tenant copy operation in a microservice architecture Computer-readable media, methods, and systems are disclosed for copying tenant data within a cloud-based microservice architecture including a Kubernetes cluster. Copy tasks are generated for a plurality of microservices and progress of the copy tasks is monitored by updating one or more statuses associated with the copy tasks. One or more job files may be generated for each microservice including executable code for copying the tenant data within the microservice or within a data store associated with the respective microservice.
US11531562B2	Systems, methods, and apparatuses for resource monitoring Systems, methods, and apparatuses for resource monitoring identification reuse are described. In an embodiment, a system comprising a hardware processor core to execute instructions storage for a resource monitoring identification (RMID) recycling instructions to be executed by a hardware processor core, a logical processor to execute on the hardware processor core, the logical processor including associated storage for a RMID and state, are described.
US11531557B2	Determining user interface elements required for task completion using machine learning Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for determining the minimum set of user interface (UI) elements for a task. One embodiment operates by transmitting UI elements associated with an application to a first computing device operated by a first user and a second computing device operated by a second user. Further, the embodiment includes obtaining data structures corresponding to a first task and a second task and then grouping, using a machine learning model, the data structures into a first cluster corresponding to the first task and a second cluster corresponding to the second task. Further still, the embodiment also includes determining a minimum set of UI elements required for the first task based on the first cluster.
US11531545B2	Scheduling tasks using swap flags A method of activating scheduling instructions within a parallel processing unit is described. The method comprises decoding, in an instruction decoder, an instruction in a scheduled task in an active state and checking, by an instruction controller, if a swap flag is set in the decoded instruction. If the swap flag in the decoded instruction is set, a scheduler is triggered to de-activate the scheduled task by changing the scheduled task from the active state to a non-active state.
US11531531B1	Non-disruptive introduction of live update functionality into long-running applications An execution of an instance of a program that does not include checkpoint-based live update functionality is paused. A set of objects containing state information of the program is identified from a portion of memory used by the instance, and stored in a checkpoint of the program. The execution of the instance is resumed using at least the checkpoint and code that has been dynamically introduced into the instance.
US11531529B2	Method and electronic device for deploying operator in deep learning framework The present disclosure discloses a method, an apparatus and an electronic device for deploying an operator in a deep learning framework and relates to the field of artificial intelligence technology such as deep learning. And the solution is: acquiring a source file of the operator; compiling the source file of the operator to form a dynamic link library of the operator; generating an interface file transferred from the dynamic link library of the operator; generating an installable library file according to the dynamic link library and the interface file; installing the installable library file to a target programming language library.
US11531523B2	Calculating device According to one embodiment, a calculating device includes a nonlinear oscillator. The nonlinear oscillator includes a circuit part including a first Josephson junction and a second Josephson junction, and a conductive member including a first terminal. An electrical signal is input to the first terminal. The electrical signal includes a first signal in a first operation. The first signal includes a first frequency component having a first frequency, and a second frequency component having a second frequency. The first frequency is 2 times an oscillation frequency of the nonlinear oscillator. An absolute value of a difference between the first frequency and the second frequency is not more than 0.3 times the first frequency.
US11531521B2	Methods, systems, and media for rewinding media content based on detected audio events Methods, systems, and media for rewinding media content based on detected audio events are provided. In some embodiments, a method for providing media guidance is provided, the method comprising: causing media content to be presented; receiving, using an audio input device, audio data that includes ambient sounds in an environment in which the media content is being presented; receiving a user command to rewind the media content; detecting that a portion of the audio data corresponds to an audio event that occurred during the presentation of the media content in response to receiving the user command to rewind the media content; determining a playback position in the media content based on the audio event; and causing the media content to be presented from the determined playback position.
US11531518B2	System and method for differentially locating and modifying audio sources A system and method for differentially locating and modifying audio sources that includes receiving multiple audio inputs from a set of distinct locations; determining a multi-dimensional audio map from the audio inputs; acquiring a set of positional audio control inputs applied to the audio map, each audio control input comprising a location and audio processing property; and generating an audio output according to the audio control inputs and the audio inputs. The audio control inputs capable of configuration through manual, automatic, computer vision analysis, and other configuration modes.
US11531513B2	Motion activated sound generating and monitoring mobile application The present system includes a user device and a player device. The user device includes a processor and a memory, wherein the processor is configured to receive a user input from a user, wherein the user input corresponds to a sound, receive motion data from a mobile device associated with the user, and determine sound data based on the motion data, wherein the sound data includes sound volume data. The player device includes a processor in communication with a plurality of user devices and a memory, wherein the processor is configured to receive a collective sound data from the plurality of users associated with a selected subject matter and produce a collective sound output for the plurality of users at the same time based on the collective sound data, wherein the collective sound output is associated with the selected subject matter.
US11531511B2	Modular display panels An embodiment modular light-emitting diode (LED) display panel includes attachment points for use in attachment as part of a multi-panel modular LED display, a printed circuit board including a first side and an opposite second side, and a plastic casing attached to the opposite second side of the printed circuit board. A perimeter of the plastic casing is substantially rectangular and has a height and a width. The modular LED display panel further includes a display surface including a plurality of LEDs arranged as pixels and attached to the first side of the printed circuit board. The pixels are arranged in a rectangular array including at least fifty pixels. Each of the pixels of the rectangular array is spaced from each respective adjacent pixel of the rectangular array by a pitch. The pitch is a predetermined constant number. The pitch does not depend on the height and the width.
US11531510B2	Regional adjustment of render rate In accordance with some embodiments, the render rate is varied across and/or up and down the display screen. This may be done based on where the user is looking in order to reduce power consumption and/or increase performance. Specifically the screen display is separated into regions, such as quadrants. Each of these regions is rendered at a rate determined by at least one of what the user is currently looking at, what the user has looked at in the past and/or what it is predicted that the user will look at next. Areas of less focus may be rendered at a lower rate, reducing power consumption in some embodiments.
US11531509B2	Automatic scroll control method for synchronizing positions of original text and translation, computer program and terminal device An automatic scroll control method for synchronizing positions of an original text and a translation includes displaying, by a processor of a terminal device, the original text on a first display and displaying the translation corresponding to the original text on a second display; and when the original text or the translation is scrolled by a drag operation of a user, synchronizing the display positions of the original text and the translation with each other.
US11531507B2	Information processing apparatus, method and storage medium for using extension modules to generate print commands compliant with a plurality of different printing protocols An information processing apparatus includes a printer driver configured to generate a print command compliant with a predetermined printing protocol based on print data obtained from a data generation application, one or more extension modules configured to generate a print command compliant with another printing protocol different from the predetermined printing protocol, a storage unit configured to store information associating the one or more extension modules to be used for generating the print command compliant with said another printing protocol with the printer driver, and an output unit configured to output the print command compliant with said another printing protocol, the print command being obtained through processing of the print data obtained by the printer driver, and the processing being performed by the one or more modules indicated by the information.
US11531505B2	Non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-readable instructions for terminal device and terminal device A terminal device may obtain a public key and target identification information from a communication device, search for the communication device via a wireless interface of the terminal device, based on the target identification information and a result of the search for the communication device, determine whether the communication device is to establish a wireless connection with an external device or with the terminal device, in a case where it is determined that the communication device is to establish the wireless connection with the external device, send first connection information to the communication device, in a case where it is determined that the communication device is to establish the wireless connection with the terminal device, send second connection information different from the first connection information to the communication device, establish the wireless connection with the communication device via the wireless interface by using the second connection information.
US11531501B1	Collaborative decision making in dynamically changing environment Disclosed is a system and a method for collaborative decision making in dynamically changing environment. A query corresponding to a problem is received from a user. Further, one or more intermediate steps required to reach a decision is calculated based on metadata associated to the problem. A decision-making flow is established for the one or more intermediate steps required to reach the decision. It may be noted that the decision-making flow corresponds to a sequence for execution of the one or more intermediate steps. Further, a decision space comprising one or more decision options is generated. The decision space is dynamically modified based on one or more uncertain events. A decision knowledge graph depicting modifications in the decision space is generated. Further, the decision space and the decision knowledge graph are updated. Finally, the decision is selected based on the updated decision knowledge graph and the updated decision space.
US11531482B2	Data deduplication method and apparatus A data deduplication method includes receiving an overwrite request sent by an external device, where the overwrite request carries a data block and a first address into which the data block is to be stored, determining whether an overwrite quantity of the first address exceeds a first threshold within a time period [t1, t2], where both t1 and t2 are time points, and t2 is later than t1, and when the overwrite quantity of the first address exceeds the first threshold within the time period [t1, t2], skipping performing a deduplication operation on the data block or when the overwrite quantity of the first address does not exceed the first threshold within the time period [t1, t2], performing a deduplication operation on the data block.
US11531478B1	Optimizing memory usage to enable larger-sized deployments and client servicing Memory usage can be optimized during an imaging process to enable larger-sized deployments and client servicing. A variety of components can be employed on a computing device to present a hybrid virtual volume to the operating system during an imaging process. The hybrid virtual volume will appear to the operating system as having a large size while consuming minimal amounts of memory and disk. As a result, the risk of the imaging process failing for lack of resources will be minimized even when the image is large.
US11531471B2	Memory circuit and memory repair method thereof A memory circuit includes a first memory array and a second memory array. The first memory array and the second memory array are independent. The first memory array includes a plurality of general bits and the second memory array includes a plurality of spare bits. An address of defective bit in the first memory array is stored in the second memory array, and the memory circuit repairs the defective bit by one of the spare bits according to the address.
US11531465B2	Display control apparatus, non-transitory recording medium and display controlling method for creating first tag, second tag not overlapping other tags displayed, and indicator correlating second tag with first tag A display control apparatus, including a processor and a storage storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, controls the processor to determine whether input of one or more first operations which are correlated to any position within a screen of a display is accepted, in a case where it is determined that the input of one or more first operations is accepted, specify one first position corresponding to the any position within the screen of the display, newly create one first-kind display area according to the one or more first operations, and display the newly created one first-kind display area on the specified one first position within the screen of the display, determine whether input of one or more second operations which are correlated to the displayed one first-kind display area is accepted, and in a case where it is determined that the input of the one or more second operations is accepted, specify one second position within the screen of the display, newly create one second-kind display area according to the one or more second operations, and display the newly created one second-kind display area on the specified one second position within the screen of the display so as to allow recognition of correlation of the one second-kind display area with the one first-kind display area.
US11531459B2	Control-article-based control of a user interface Systems and methods of providing gesture-based control of a user interface are provided. For instance, a presence of a control article can be detected in a first proximity zone proximate a user device. Responsive to detecting the presence of the control article, presentation data corresponding to a presentation mode of a user interface associated with the user computing device can be provided for display. A presence of the control article can be detected in a second proximity zone proximate the user computing device. The second proximity zone can define a separate physical area than the first proximity zone. Responsive to detecting the presence of the control article in the second proximity zone, interactive data corresponding to an interactive mode of the user interface can be provided for display.
US11531456B2	Providing relevant data items based on context Systems and processes for operating an intelligent automated assistant are provided. In one example, a plurality of data items selected by a user are received, wherein a plurality of confidence values corresponding to the plurality of data items are identified. The plurality of data items is ordered. The first data item is displayed, and updated context information associated with the electronic device is received. An update to the plurality of confidence values is detected, wherein the updated plurality of confidence values includes a third confidence value associated with a third data item of the plurality of ordered data items. In accordance with a determination that the third confidence value is higher than a first confidence value of the first data item, an order of the plurality of ordered data items is modified, and the third data item of the plurality of ordered data items is displayed.
US11531454B2	Selecting content in ink documents using a hierarchical data structure Technology is described herein for facilitating a user's interaction with a digital ink document. The technology internally represents the ink document using a data structure having a hierarchy of nodes. The nodes describe respective elements in the ink document. The technology leverages the data structure to identify a set of nodes that grows upon the user's repeated selection of a particular part of the ink document. At each stage of the selection, the technology highlights a set of elements in the ink document that correspond to the current set of identified nodes. According to another illustrative aspect, the technology produces the data structure by modifying an original data structure provided by a text analysis engine. The technology performs this task with the objective of accommodating structured interaction by the user with the ink document.
US11531451B2	Real-time morphing interface for display on a computer screen A morphing interface system updates, that is, morphs, a display on a client device as a user provides portions of input. The system receives a first portion of user input and selects an intent related to a predicted intent of the user that matches or can be associated with the portion of user input. The system displays an interface associated with the intent at the client device. The system additionally extracts entity values associated with execution of the intent from the first portion of the user input. As the user provides additional portions of input, the morphing interface system reevaluates the user input and determines whether the user input still indicates the same user intent, and thus the same intent for execution. Upon determining that the additional input indicates a different user intent, the system updates the display to show an interface associated with the new intent.
US11531447B1	System for assisting searches for codes corresponding to items using decision trees Systems and methods electronically assist a user in searching for codes corresponding to items by using decision trees. Entities are often required to follow specific rules based on classifications, or codes, corresponding to items. The systems and methods described herein allow entities to easily search for and obtain codes corresponding to entities by facilitating navigation through multiple decision trees by navigating from one decision tree to another.
US11531444B2	Information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus (10) is an information processing apparatus that displays item images (GI-1 to GI-6) that are arranged apart from each other and a cursor (CUR) on a display (20), the information processing apparatus includes a receiver (111) configured to receive operation information corresponding to details of a cursor operation in which a user (U) moves the cursor (CUR); a controller (112) configured to cause the display (20) to display the cursor (CUR), based on the operation information; and a determiner (113) configured to, when the operation information includes an instruction to move the cursor (CUR) from an inside of one item image from among the item images (GI-1 to GI-6) to an outside of the one item image, determine whether there is another item image within a predetermined distance from the one item image, the another item image being in a direction of movement of the cursor (CUR). When a result of determination made by the determiner (113) is affirmative, the controller (112) is configured to provide, inside the one item image, a deceleration region in which an amount of movement of the cursor per an amount of cursor operation decreases. When the result of determination made by the determiner (113) is negative, the controller (112) is configured not to provide, inside the one item image, the deceleration region.
US11531443B2	Method, apparatus, and storage medium for determining relative position relationship of click event The present disclosure describes a method, a device, and medium for determining a relative position relationship of a click event. The method includes receiving, by a device, a click event in an interface view, the interface view comprising an image region configured to respond to the click event. The method also includes determining, by the device, a click position of the click event in the interface view; obtaining, by the device, color information of a pixel corresponding to the click position based on the click position of the click event in the interface view; determining, by the device according to the color information of the pixel corresponding to the click position, a relative position relationship between the click position and the image region; and processing, by the device, the click event based on the relative position relationship.
US11531439B1	Multi-frequency-region touch sensing An input device includes transmitter electrodes disposed in a sensing region of the input device, a receiver electrode in the sensing region, and a processing system. The processing system includes demodulators, and is configured to simultaneously drive at least a subset of the transmitter electrodes using a multitude of transmitter signals with unique frequencies. The processing system is also configured to receive, on the receiver electrode, a resulting signal, and demodulate, using the plurality of demodulators, the resulting signal to generate a multitude, of sensing signals. Each of the of the demodulators operates on a different frequency of the unique frequencies.
US11531434B2	Display device including inorganic insulting layer in bending area A display device includes (i) a substrate having a first area, a second area, and a bending area located between the first area and the second area, where the substrate is bent along a bending axis in the bending area, the substrate includes a thin portion at an edge portion of the bending area, and the thin portion extends from the second area to the first area and has a thickness less than a thickness of the substrate at a center of the bending area; and (ii) an inorganic insulating layer over the substrate, where the inorganic insulating layer exposes the thin portion in the bending area.
US11531420B2	Display module, manufacturing method thereof and touch display device A display module, a manufacturing method thereof, and a touch display device are provided. The display module includes: a display panel; a touch panel, including a plurality of wirings, the touch panel being located on a display side of the display panel; and a bonding component between the display panel and the touch panel, and configured to bond the display panel and the touch panel. A maximum space between two adjacent wirings of the plurality of wirings of the touch panel is not greater than 10λ, and λ is the wavelength of light emitted by the display panel.
US11531419B2	Electronic device for identifying coordinates of external object touching touch sensor According to an embodiment, an electronic device comprises a housing, a display including at least one region corresponding to at least one surface of the housing, a touch sensor for detecting a touch input on the at least one region, a first processor operably coupled to the touch sensor, and a second processor operably coupled to the display, the touch sensor, and the first processor, wherein the first processor is configured to detect first position information of an external object touching the at least one region and first energy information related to a contact surface of the external object, based on a capacitance measured from the touch sensor at a first time point, detect second position information of the external object which touches the at least one region and second energy information related to the contact surface of the external object, based on a capacitance measured from the touch sensor at a second time point which comes after the first time point, and transmit a signal to the second processor, wherein the signal is based on at least one of the first position information, the second position information, the first energy information, and the second energy information.
US11531415B2	Module for a displaying and/or operating device, displaying and/or operating device, method for producing a module and means of transportation A module (1) for a display and/or operating device (10), the module (1) comprising a first transparent electrode (3) having a first matrix of a plurality of electrode islands (3a, 3b, 3c); a transparent piezoelectric layer (2) having a first and a second area; a second transparent electrode (4); a transparent substrate (12); and a conductive path arrangement (25) having at least a first conductive path (24a) on the transparent piezoelectric layer (2), wherein the transparent substrate (12) is coated with the second transparent electrode (4) and the second transparent electrode (4) is disposed between the transparent substrate and the transparent piezoelectric layer (2), and the first area is coated with the first transparent electrode and the second area is coated with the second transparent electrode (4); and the electrode islands (3a, 3b, 3c) are arranged electrically insulated from one another on the first area of the transparent piezoelectric material (2), wherein the at least first conductive path (24a) of the conductive path arrangement (25) is electrically connected to at least one of the electrode islands (3a, 3b, 3c), and at least the first conductive path (24a) and/or at least one of the electrode islands (3a, 3b, 3c) has a rough surface structure with a maximum roughness depth of 4 μm.
US11531395B2	Haptic effects from focused acoustic fields To resolve an issue related to the calibration of optical cameras in transducer-based mid-air haptic systems, the magnification of the motion induced on an optical camera by an acoustic field modulated at specific frequencies reveals very small temporal variations in video frames. This quantized distortion is used to compare different acoustic fields and to solve the calibration problem in an automatized manner. Further, mechanical resonators may be excited by ultrasound when it is modulated at the resonant frequency. When enough energy is transferred and when operating at the correct frequency, a user in contact with the device can feel vibration near areas of largest displacement. This effect can be exploited to create devices which can produce haptic feedback while not carrying a battery or exciter when in the presence of an ultrasonic source.
US11531394B2	Systems and methods for emotional-imaging composer Systems and methods for Emotional-Imaging Composer are disclosed. The method may include recording a real-time biosignal from a plurality of biosignal sensors. The method may further include determining an emotion that is associated with the real-time biosignal. The method may further include outputting a display feature corresponding to the emotion, wherein the display feature is a lighting effect on a graphical user interface.
US11531393B1	Human-computer interface systems and methods In one instance, a process for predicting and using emotions of a user in a virtual reality environment includes applying a plurality of physiological sensors to a user. The process further includes receiving physiological sensor signals from the physiological sensors and preparing the physiological sensor signals for further processing by removing at least some of the noise and artifacts and doing data augmentation. The process also includes producing an emotion-predictive signal by utilizing an emotion database. The emotion database has been developed based on empirical data from physiological sensors with known emotional states. The method also includes delivering the emotion-predictive signal to a virtual-reality system or other computer-implemented system. Other methods and systems are presented.
US11531390B1	Augmented reality with eyewear triggered IoT Systems, devices, media, and methods are presented for an immersive augmented reality (AR) experience using an eyewear device. A portable eyewear device includes a processor, a memory, and a display projected onto at least one lens assembly. The memory has programming stored therein that, when executed by the processor, captures information depicting an environment surrounding the device and identifies a match between objects in that information and predetermined objects in previously obtained information for the same environment. When the position of the eyewear device reaches a preselected location with respect to the matched objects, a physical output is provided to produce the immersive experience. The physical output changes as the position of the eyewear device moves to maintain the immersive experience.
US11531387B1	Methods and systems for real time carbon emission determination incurred by execution of computer processes and the offset thereof Methods and systems are configured for real time determination of effects incurred by execution of computer processes of networked computer systems and the generation of offsets thereof. A prediction module may be configured to predict the amount of energy utilized by the execution of computer processes by networked computer systems and predict an associated carbon footprint. Methods and systems are configured to determine a selection of offsets and initiate the same via a network communication to remote computer systems.
US11531378B2	Electronic device including flexible display and hinge structure Various embodiments disclosed in the present document relates to a foldable electronic device. Various embodiments may provide an electronic device including: a first housing structure including a first surface, a second surface facing in a direction opposite to the first surface, and a first side member surrounding at least a portion of a space between the first surface and the second surface, wherein the first side member includes a first rotational support portion at an edge thereof when viewed from above the first surface; a second housing structure including a third surface, a fourth surface facing in a direction opposite to the third surface, and a second side member surrounding at least a portion of a space between the third surface and the fourth surface, wherein the second side member includes a second rotational support portion facing the first rotational support portion at an edge thereof when viewed from above the third surface; a flexible display including a first portion disposed on the first surface, a second portion disposed on the third surface, and a third portion disposed between the first portion and the second portion and having a shape variable depending on an angle between the first surface and the third surface; and a hinge structure which is connected to each of the first rotational support portion and the second rotational support portion, wherein the hinge structure is capable of forming a recess for accommodating at least a portion of the third portion when the angle between the first surface and the third surface is equal to or less than a designated first angle.
US11531375B2	Electronic device having flexible display An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing having an opening, a roll installed in the housing, a flexible display configured to be wound on the roll and to be withdrawn from the housing through the opening in accordance with a rotating direction of the roll. The electronic device further includes moveable housing parts and a housing guide configured to guide and retract at least one part of the housing as space within the housing becomes available due to withdrawal of the flexible display, so that a height, width and/or overall size of the housing is reduced when the flexible display is withdrawn through the opening and extended outside of the housing.
US11531374B2	Attachable display screen for electronic devices The present disclosure provides an attachable external display screen for use on electronic devices. The display screen may be removably mounted onto a surface of an electronic device to provide the user with an additional display screen. The attachable display screen may utilize a dual sliding mechanism that allows for the display screen to slide out to different lengths relative to the screen of the electronic device. The attachable display screen may also utilize a torque hinge to pivotally couple the display screen to a frame that mounts onto the electronic device. The attachable display screen is rotatable about both the horizontal and vertical axes, which allows a user to tilt and adjust the angle of the display screen.
US11531371B2	Harness apparatus for head-mounted display devices A harness apparatus for use with a head-mounted display device is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus provides a pair of display connector portions positioned on opposing left and right sides of the display device. A harness assembly provides at least one elongate primary head strap for engagement about a user's head, with opposing terminal ends of the at least one primary head strap being positioned proximal a left temple and a right temple, respectively, of the user's head, and providing a pair of strap connector portions configured for removable engagement with the pair of display connector portions. The harness assembly further provides a gasket extending between the strap connector portions and configured for being positionable in contact with a face of the user so as to be sandwiched between the display device and the user's face when the display device is engaged with the harness assembly.
US11531370B2	Tool insertion structure and electronic device A tool insertion structure and an electronic device are provided. The tool insertion structure includes a base, a body and an elastic element. The body includes a sleeve portion having an insertion space for a tool. The body is movable between a first position and a second position and relative to the base. The elastic element is connected to the base and the body to provide a force for moving the body from the second position to the first position. The size of the insertion space varies as the body moves between the first position and the second position.
US11531367B2	Circuit device and real-time clock device A circuit device includes a comparator, a reference voltage generation circuit, and a coupling control circuit. The comparator is configured to output a power-on reset signal by comparing a monitoring target voltage generated from a power supply voltage with a reference voltage. The reference voltage generation circuit is configured to generate the reference voltage. The coupling control circuit is coupled between a power supply voltage node and a reference voltage node. The coupling control circuit couples the reference voltage node and the power supply voltage node in a predetermined period after the power supply voltage is supplied.
US11531365B2	Bandgap reference circuit, corresponding device and method A bandgap circuit includes a supply node as well as a first and second bipolar transistors having jointly coupled base terminal at a bandgap node providing a bandgap voltage. First and second current generators are coupled to the supply node and supply mirrored first and second currents, respectively, to first and second circuit nodes. A third circuit node is coupled to the first bipolar transistor via a first resistor and coupled to ground via a second resistor, respectively. The third circuit node is also coupled to the second bipolar transistor so that the second resistor is traversed by a current which is the sum of the currents through the bipolar transistors. A decoupling stage intermediate the current generators and the bipolar transistors includes first and second cascode decoupling transistors having jointly coupled control terminals receiving a bias voltage sensitive to the bandgap voltage.
US11531359B2	Fluid control apparatus, fluid control method, and program recording medium in which program for fluid control apparatus is recorded Provided is a fluid control apparatus capable of setting, to a value as close as possible to an opening start voltage, an initial applied voltage applied when controlling a control valve so that a measured amount becomes a set amount from a fully closed state and capable of preventing occurrence of large overshoot while increasing a response speed. A valve controller inputs a voltage command for setting an initial driving voltage to be applied to a control valve to a voltage generation circuit in a case where the control valve is changed from a fully closed state to a predetermined opening degree, and includes a drive history storage unit that stores therein drive history information of the control valve. The controller is configured to change a value of the initial driving voltage in accordance with the drive history information.
US11531353B2	Calculating velocity of an autonomous vehicle using radar technology Examples relating to vehicle velocity calculation using radar technology are described. An example method performed by a computing system may involve, while a vehicle is moving on a road, receiving, from two or more radar sensors mounted at different locations on the vehicle, radar data representative of an environment of the vehicle. The method may involve, based on the data, detecting at least one scatterer in the environment. The method may involve making a determination of a likelihood that the at least one scatterer is stationary with respect to the vehicle. The method may involve, based on the determination being that the likelihood is at least equal to a predefined confidence threshold, calculating a velocity of the vehicle based on the data from the sensors. The calculated velocity may include an angular and linear velocity. Further, the method may involve controlling the vehicle based on the calculated velocity.
US11531351B2	Light receiving element array, light detection apparatus, driving support system, and automated driving system A light receiving element array includes one or more unit element blocks. Each of the unit element blocks includes different light receiving elements with different element structures.
US11531347B2	System and method to virtually teach a semi-autonomous device A virtual teaching system includes a semi-autonomous device to perform a task such as cleaning a target environment. The semi-autonomous device includes one or more sensors configured to record environmental data from the target environment that can be used to construct a virtual environment. The semi-autonomous device is operably coupled to an analysis system. The analysis system includes a processor to perform multiple functions, such as constructing the virtual environment from the recorded environmental data and supporting operation of a user interface. The user interface can be operably coupled to the processor, allowing a human operator to teach a virtual device in the virtual environment to perform an action sequence. Once the virtual device has been taught an action sequence in the virtual environment, the analysis system can transfer the recorded action sequence to the semi-autonomous device for use in the target environment.
US11531345B2	Apparatus and method for controlling a vehicle A path controller for guiding an autonomous vehicle along a desired path may include an input module that may receive input signals such as, a normal error signal that indicates an off-path deviation of the autonomous vehicle relative to a desired path, a heading signal, and a curvature signal associated with the autonomous vehicle. The path controller may also include a curvature rate module that calculates a curvature rate output signal to guide the autonomous vehicle along the desired path and a communication module that communicates the curvature rate output signal to a steering control system.
US11531343B1	System for user interactions with an autonomous mobile device A user interacts with an autonomous mobile device (AMD) using a voice user interface. The voice user interface allows a user to instruct the AMD to move, stop, go to a specified location, and so forth. The commands may include, but are not limited to: stop, stop moving, move, turn, go to, stay here, go away, and so forth. In one implementation, if the AMD is instructed by the user to go away, the AMD may move out of sight of the user from a first region to another region, such as another room. The AMD will avoid traversing the first region until a timer expires or a command to enter the first region is given.
US11531328B2	Monitoring and controlling an operation of a distillation column In some implementations, a control system may obtain historical data associated with usage of a distillation column during a historical time period. The control system may configure a prediction model to monitor the distillation column for a hazardous condition. The prediction model may be trained based on training data that is associated with occurrences of the hazardous condition. The control system may monitor, using the prediction model, the distillation column to determine a probability that the distillation column experiences the hazardous condition within a threshold time period. The prediction model may be configured to determine the probability based on measurements from a set of sensors of the distillation column. The control system may perform, based on the probability satisfying a probability threshold, an action associated with the distillation column to reduce a likelihood that the distillation column experiences the hazardous condition within the threshold time period.
US11531322B1	Processes for producing 3D-appearing self-illuminating high definition photoluminescent and translucent lithophane, a quasi-color process for producing quasi-color photoluminescent and translucent lithophane, and an authenticity chip process for creating an authenticity chip lithophane Processes are disclosed for producing 3D-appearing self-illuminating high definition photoluminescent lithophane of a digitized picture in which the photoluminescent lithophane provides a glow-in-the-dark quality of the digitized picture, and an authenticity chip lithophane is produced. The processes for producing 3D-appearing self-illuminating high definition photoluminescent lithophane of a digitized picture include a monochrome process for producing 3D-appearing self-illuminating high definition photoluminescent lithophane that results in 3D-appearing high definition monochrome glow in the dark prints of digitized pictures and a full color process for producing 3D-appearing self-illuminating high definition photoluminescent lithophane that results in 3D-appearing high definition full color glow in the dark prints of digitized pictures. A luminance pump is employed in the full color process for producing 3D-appearing self-illuminating high definition photoluminescent lithophane to pump light through the rest of the plates and bring the overall brightness up.
US11531313B2	STM32-based automatic control system and method for broadcast transmitter The present disclosure provides an STM32-based automatic control system for a broadcast transmitter, including an STM32 microcontroller, a host computer, a drive unit, a touch screen unit, a local network server unit, an image acquisition unit and a sampling unit, wherein the STM32 microcontroller is connected to the host computer. An output interface of the STM32 microcontroller is connected to the drive unit, wherein the touch screen unit is configured to display acquired information that is processed, and receive a control instruction of a touch operation. The local network server unit is configured to achieve remote network display of transmitter information and remote network control, the image acquisition unit is configured to timely acquire an image in a cabinet of the transmitter such that a maintainer can conduct remote observation, and the sampling unit is configured to control the drive unit to achieve automatic control of the transmitter.
US11531309B2	Self learning control system and method for optimizing a consumable input variable A control system for an operable system such as a flow control system or temperature control system. The system operates in a control loop to regularly update a model with respect at least one optimizable input variable based on the detected variables. The model provides prediction of use of the input variables in all possible operation points or paths of the system variables which achieve an output setpoint. In some example embodiments, the control loop is performed during initial setup and subsequent operation of the one or more operable elements in the operable system. The control system is self-learning in that at least some of the initial and subsequent parameters of the system are determined automatically during runtime.
US11531305B2	Versatile horology component A horology component (1) for a timepiece, including a first portion (10) and a second portion (20), the first portion (10) comprising one part that is at least partially transparent and at least partially superposed on top of the second portion (20), this second portion (20) taking the form of a massive portion comprising a material capable of emitting at least one emission light wave if excited by at least one excitation light wave, and the at least partially transparent part of the first portion allowing an emission light wave emitted by the second portion (20) to be transmitted at least partially toward the outside of the horology component so that the horology component exhibits at least a first appearance by day and at least one different second appearance by night where the first portion (10) is backlit by an emission light wave emitted by the second portion (20).
US11531304B2	Timepiece balance A balance for a horological movement, including rigid parts constituted by a hub defining the pivot axis of the balance, at least one felloe sector, at least one arm connecting the at least one felloe sector to said hub, and including a slot for receiving and gripping in position an inertia-block, the slot opening into a housing delimited on the one hand by a rigid part of the balance, and on the other hand an elastic arm including a first end integral with a rigid part of the balance, and a second free distal end. The elastic arm can have a body of a non-constant section, a part of the body having a greater thickness than the rest of the elastic arm so as to have a larger volume of material under stress and store a maximum of elastic energy.
US11531294B2	Image forming apparatus including a plurality of heat generating elements An image forming apparatus includes a fixing device having a heater, a first temperature detection unit, a pair of second temperature detection units, a pair of first sheet-width detection units, a pair of second sheet-width detection units, and a control unit. The heater includes a first heat generating element, a second heat generating element having a length smaller than a length of the first heat generating element in a longitudinal direction, and a third heat generating element having a length smaller than the length of the second heat generating element in the longitudinal direction. The control unit controls a temperature of the heater based on a detection result of the pair of first sheet-width detection units, a detection result of the pair of second sheet-width detection units, and a detection result of the pair of second temperature detection units.
US11531288B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a first developing member that develops a first toner image on a first image carrier with a brilliant toner containing a flat pigment; a second developing member that develops a second toner image on a second image carrier with a non-brilliant toner containing no brilliant pigment; and a controller that controls the first developing member and the second developing member. The controller controls a development efficiency of the brilliant toner of the first developing member to be lower than a development efficiency of the non-brilliant toner of the second developing member.
US11531286B2	Image forming apparatus capable of suppressing deterioration in accuracy of controlling switching of motors from forward rotation to reverse rotation An image forming apparatus is capable of suppressing deterioration in accuracy of control for switching a motor from forward to reverse rotation in a configuration in which a coupling having play in a rotation direction is interposed in a drive train between the motor and a driven member. The image forming apparatus includes a motor that rotationally drives a photosensitive drum and a developing sleeve; a coupling interposed in a drive train between the motor and the developing sleeve and/or a drive train between the motor and the photosensitive drum and having play in a rotation direction; and a CPU that controls the motor. The CPU rotates the motor forward at a speed V1 at the time of image formation, stops the motor after the end of the image formation, rotates the motor forward at a speed V2 lower than the speed V1, and then reversely rotates the motor.
US11531283B2	White toner for electrostatic image development, electrostatic image developer, toner cartridge, process cartridge, image forming apparatus, image forming method, toner set for electrostatic image development, and electrostatic image developer set A white toner for electrostatic image development contains white toner particles that contain a binder resin and a white pigment and satisfy condition 1 below: condition 1: a grain size distribution index GSDvL of the white toner particles satisfies formula (1) below, and a ratio of a number of white toner particles having a diameter of 3 μm or less to a total number of white toner particles is 1% by number or more and less than 6% by number: 1.2≤GSDvL(=D84v/D50v)≤1.5 formula (1): (in formula (1), D84v is a particle diameter at which a cumulative frequency cumulated from a small diameter side in a volume-based particle size distribution is 84%, and D50v is a particle diameter at which the cumulative frequency cumulated from the small diameter side in the volume-based particle size distribution is 50%).
US11531276B2	Exposure apparatus, exposure method, and article manufacturing method The control unit controls the relative position in an optical axis direction of the projection system and the relative position in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis direction at a third timing after a second timing based on a first distribution of illumination light detected by the detection system at a first timing and a second distribution of illumination light detected by the detection system at the second timing after the first timing, the illumination light detected at the first and second timings having passed through the first and second marks.
US11531274B2	Method of determining information about a patterning process, method of reducing error in measurement data, method of calibrating a metrology process, method of selecting metrology targets A recipe selection method includes obtaining measurements from metrology targets, metrology targets positioned on a semiconductor substrate, obtaining measurements from in-device targets, in-device targets positioned on the semiconductor substrate, and determining a recipe for accurate metrology using both metrology target measurements and in-device metrology measurements.
US11531264B2	Reflective mask blank, reflective mask and manufacturing method thereof, and semiconductor device manufacturing method Provided is a reflective mask blank with which it is possible to further reduce the shadowing effect of a reflective mask, and also possible to form a fine and highly accurate phase-shift pattern. A reflective mask blank having, in the following order on a substrate, a multilayer reflective film and a phase-shift film that shifts the phase of EUV light, said reflective mask blank characterized in that the phase-shift film has a thin film comprising a metal-containing material that contains: ruthenium (Ru); and at least one element from among chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), (Co), aluminum (Al), silicon (Si), titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), germanium (Ge), niobium (Nb), molybdenum (Mo), tin (Sn), tellurium (Te), hafnium (Hf), tungsten (W), and rhenium (Re).
US11531258B2	Light source module and projection device A light source module configured to provide a light beam along a first direction is provided. The light source module includes first to third light source groups and first to fourth beam-combining devices, wherein each of a light exiting surface of the first light source group and a light exiting surface of the third light source group is not parallel to a light exiting surface of the second light source group. An emitted light of the first light source group is transmitted along the first direction after being reflected by the first and second beam-combining devices. An emitted light of the third light source group is transmitted along the first direction after being reflected by the third and fourth beam-combining devices. An emitted light of the second light source group is transmitted along the first direction and passes through the first and third beam-combining devices.
US11531240B2	Folding screen display device The present disclosure discloses a folding screen display device, and the folding screen display device includes: a main cell and a sub cell arranged in a stacked mode; a backlight module arranged on a side, facing away from the main cell, of the sub cell; a display control circuit board arranged on a side, facing away from the sub cell, of the backlight module; and a cable pinboard arranged on a side frame of the backlight module; where the display control circuit board has a timer control circuit for outputting a timer control signal to the main cell and the sub cell; the timer control circuit is electrically connected with the main cell through a first COF; the timer control circuit is electrically connected with the cable pinboard; and the cable pinboard is electrically connected with the sub cell through a second COF.
US11531238B2	Liquid crystal lens, liquid crystal device and method for driving liquid crystal lens A liquid crystal lens includes a first substrate and a second substrate opposite to each other, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a first base substrate, a plurality of first electrodes, and a first alignment layer, wherein two adjacent first electrodes of the plurality of first electrodes are insulated from each other, an orthographic projection of each of the plurality of first electrodes on a first surface is an axisymmetric pattern and a centrosymmetric pattern, and center points of the orthographic projections of the plurality of first electrodes on the first surface are in coincidence with each other. The second substrate includes a second base substrate, a plurality of second electrodes, and a second alignment layer, wherein an orientation of the first alignment layer and an orientation of the second alignment layer are perpendicular to each other.
US11531235B2	Flexible display panel, manufacturing method thereof and display device A flexible display panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are disclosed. The flexible display panel includes a first flexible substrate and a second flexible substrate which are cell-assembled with each other; and a liquid crystal display layer, a black matrix grid and a plurality of polymer walls which are located between the first flexible substrate and the second flexible substrate; the liquid crystal display layer is located in gaps of the plurality of polymer walls, and includes a plurality of liquid crystal pixel units arranged in an array; the plurality of liquid crystal pixel units are delimited by a projection of the black matrix grid on the liquid crystal display layer.
US11531234B2	Display panel and display device The present disclosure provides a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes: a first substrate; a second substrate in a superposed arrangement with the first substrate; and an auxiliary retaining wall located between the first and second substrates in an edge area of a facing portion of the first and second substrates. The auxiliary retaining wall includes a first retaining wall having a first sub-portion and a second sub-portion disposed opposite to each other, the second substrate comprises a bonding area outside of and adjoined by the facing portion, and the first and second sub-portions are located in areas corresponding to two opposite edges adjacent to an edge where the bonding area is located, respectively.
US11531228B2	Display device and method for manufacturing the same Provided is a display device, including a display screen, a transparent cover plate and a first light-shielding structure, wherein the display screen includes a display panel, a transparent bonding layer, a touch structure and a second light-shielding structure, and the display screen is provided with a through hole penetrating through the display panel, the transparent bonding layer and the touch structure. The first light-shielding structure is disposed on the transparent cover plate and surrounds the through hole, the second light-shielding structure is disposed on the touch structure and surrounds the through hole, and orthographic projections of both the first and second light-shielding structures onto the display panel are within the non-display region.
US11531222B2	Display device and method for manufacturing display device A display device includes a display unit having a display surface to display an image, a cover panel stacked on the display surface of the display unit, and a holding frame stacked on a back surface of the display unit. The display surface of the display unit and the cover panel are bonded to each other with an optical adhesive material. The holding frame and the display unit are bonded to each other with a variable thickness adhesive material a thickness of which is variable at least at a time of bonding the holding frame and the display unit.
US11531220B2	Optic system using dynamic diffuser Disclosed is a defect inspection device for determining anomaly of an inspection object. The defect inspection device may include: a lighting system which includes a light source for transmitting light onto the inspection object; and a dynamic diffuser located between the light source and the inspection object and capable of controlling a diffusivity of light transmitted onto the inspection object; and one or more processors for controlling the dynamic diffuser based on characteristics of the inspection object.
US11531211B2	Method for stabilizing a camera frame of a video sequence A method for stabilizing a video sequence comprises: obtaining an indication of camera movement from acquisition of a previous camera frame to acquisition of a current camera frame; determining an orientation for the camera at a time of acquiring the current camera frame; and determining a candidate orientation for a crop frame for the current camera frame by adjusting an orientation of a crop frame associated with the previous camera frame according to the determined orientation. A boundary of one of the camera frame or crop frame is traversed to determine if a specific point on the boundary of the crop frame exceeds a boundary of the camera frame. If so, a rotation of the specific point location which would bring the specific point location onto the boundary of the crop frame is determined and the candidate crop frame orientation updated accordingly before the crop frame is displayed.
US11531206B2	Light source apparatus and projector The present disclosure relates to a light source apparatus including a laser light source that outputs a laser beam and a collimator system that parallelizes the laser beam. The collimator system includes three lens groups. A first group includes a first anamorphic lens having negative power in a first direction. A second group includes a second anamorphic lens having positive power in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. A third group includes a third anamorphic lens having positive power in the first direction.
US11531196B2	MEMS mirror arrangement for detecting a large angular range The invention relates to a MEMS mirror assembly for detecting a large angular range up to 180°, preferably up to 160°, and to a method for producing a MEMS mirror assembly. The mirror assembly comprises a carrier substrate (1), on which a mirror (2) vibrating about at least one axis is mounted, a transparent cover (4), which is connected in a hermetically sealed manner to the carrier substrate (1) and which comprises an ellipsoidal dome (6) having a substantially round base area, and a compensation optical system (8), which is arranged in a predefined beam path for an incident beam outside the dome (6). The middle of the mirror (2) lies in the centre point of the dome, and the compensation optical system (8) collimates the incident beam in such a way that a divergence or convergence of the beam caused by the boundary surfaces of the dome once said beam has exited from the dome (6) is substantially compensated. The MEMS mirror assemblies are produced by joining a cover wafer and a mirror wafer, which each comprise a plurality of hemispherical domes and mirrors mounted on the carrier substrate. The mirror assemblies are then separated from the joined wafers. The domes of the cover wafer are produced by a glass flow process.

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